zongzi
/ˈtsʊŋˈtsɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The traditional fare around Dragon Boat Festival time is zongzi, pyramids of glutinous rice wrapped in reed leaves. The zongzi, it is said, symbolize the rice that the Miluo River people threw to the fish so that they would leave Qu Yuan's body undisturbed."
- "The people honor the memory of Qu Yuan on this day by eating Zongzi and holding dragon-boat races. Zongzi are little packets of glutinous rice with jujubes, ham and sweet bean paste added for interest, wrapped in leaves of rushes."
- "A week or two before the festival, villagers would prepare glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves before cooking, commonly known as zongzi or chang (in Hokkien)."
- "Sunny ordered four zongzis or dumplings and, out of tradition, haggled with the woman until they agreed on a price."
Etymology
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 粽子 (zòngzi), from 粽 (zòng, “dumpling of glutinous rice wrapped in leaves”) + 子 (zi, diminutive suffix).
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 粽子
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtsʊŋˈtsɪ/
- British English: /ˈtsʊŋˈtsɪ/
Inflected Forms
zongzis (plural)
tsung-tze (alternative)