汤 tāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 昜 bright, glorious
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
汤圆
tāngyuán
sweet dumplings, Tangyuan
Characters in this word
圆 yuán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 员 employee
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 元宵节那天，奶奶亲手包了芝麻馅的汤圆。 Yuánxiāo Jié nà tiān, nǎinai qīnshǒu bāo le zhīma xiàn de tāngyuán. On the Lantern Festival, Grandma made sesame-filled tangyuan by hand.
- 冬至那天，我们一家人围着桌子吃汤圆。 Dōngzhì nà tiān, wǒmen yì jiā rén wéi zhe zhuōzi chī tāngyuán. On the winter solstice, our whole family sat around the table eating tangyuan.
- 这碗汤圆刚煮好，里面的花生馅又香又甜。 Zhè wǎn tāngyuán gāng zhǔ hǎo, lǐmiàn de huāshēng xiàn yòu xiāng yòu tián. This bowl of tangyuan has just been cooked, and the peanut filling inside is fragrant and sweet.
Related words
- 汤 tāng soup
- 圆 yuán round
- 圆满 yuánmǎn successful
- 团圆 tuányuán to reunite
- 方圆 fāngyuán circumference; within a radius; surrounding area
- 椭圆 tuǒyuán ellipse; oval
- 元宵 yuánxiāo sweet dumplings, Yuanxiao
- 宴会 yànhuì banquet
- 粽子 zòngzi zongzi, sticky rice dumpling
- 酒水 jiǔshuǐ alcoholic beverages
- 脂肪 zhīfáng fat
- 蛋白质 dànbáizhì protein