搓湯圓

Chinese

		to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist	soup balls; tangyuan; Chinese glutinous rice balls
trad. (搓湯圓)		搓	湯圓
simp. (搓汤圆)		搓	汤圆

Etymology

"bid rigging"

From Hokkien 挲圓仔湯／挲圆仔汤.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuō tāngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛ ㄊㄤ ㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuō tāngyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛ ㄊㄤ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuo tangyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹ tʻang¹-yüan²
    • Yale: tswō tāng-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuo tangyuan
    • Palladius: цо танъюань (co tanʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

Verb

搓湯圓

1. (Taiwan, colloquial) to engage in bid rigging by bribing potential competitors
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 搓 (cuō),‎ 湯圓／汤圆 (tāngyuán).