餛飩

See also: 馄饨

Chinese

trad. (餛飩)		餛	飩
simp. (馄饨)		馄	饨
alternative forms		雲吞／云吞 餫飩／𫗥饨

Shrimp wonton.

Etymology

From 混沌 (hùndùn, “Hundun, chaos and confusion of the primordial world”).

Related to 鶻突／鹘突 (hútū, hútú).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húntun, húndun, húntún

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄣ, ㄏㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄉㄨㄣ, ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan⁴ tan^4-1, wan⁴ tan⁴, wan⁴ tyun⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vun³ hun^1*

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): vun² tun¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): hung¹ tung¹ / hung¹ dung¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wen-den
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fen² ten¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húntun
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húntůn
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-tʻun⁵
    • Yale: hwún-twun
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwen.tuen
    • Palladius: хуньтунь (xunʹtunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ tʰu̯ən³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húndun
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄉㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húndůn
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-tun⁵
    • Yale: hwún-dwun
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwen.duen
    • Palladius: хуньдунь (xunʹdunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ d̥u̯ən³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húntún
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húntún
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-tʻun²
    • Yale: hwún-twún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwentwen
    • Palladius: хуньтунь (xunʹtunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ tʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ tan^4-1, wan⁴ tan⁴, wan⁴ tyun⁴
    • Yale: wàhn tān, wàhn tàhn, wàhn tyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ tan^4-1, wan⁴ tan⁴, wan⁴ tyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ ten^4-1, wen⁴ ten⁴, wen⁴ tün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ tʰɐn²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /wɐn²¹ tʰɐn²¹/, /wɐn²¹ tʰyːn²¹/

Note:

• wan4 tan4-1 - common;
• wan4 tan4, wan4 tyun4 - rare.

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: vun³ hun^1*
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun²² hun³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vun² tun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋun¹¹ tʰun⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hung¹ tung¹ / hung¹ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xũŋ¹¹ tʰxũŋ¹¹/, /xũŋ¹¹ tũŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶wen-den
    • MiniDict: wen^去 den
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhun-den
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuən²² dən⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fen² ten¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸən¹³ tʰən³³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwon dwon

Rime
Character	餛	飩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	戸昆切	徒渾切
Baxter	hwon	dwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuən/	/duən/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuon/	/duon/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuən/	/duən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwən/	/dwən/
Li Rong	/ɣuən/	/duən/
Wang Li	/ɣuən/	/duən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuən/	/dʱuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hún	tún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan4	teon4

Noun

餛飩

1. wonton (Chinese dumpling stuffed with meat or seafood and vegetables)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 餛飩 (“wonton”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餛飩
Mandarin	Beijing	餛飩
	Taiwan	餛飩
	Tianjin	餛飩
	Langfang	餛飩
	Tangshan	餛飩
	Cangzhou	餛飩
	Baoding	餛飩
	Shijiazhuang	餛飩
	Daming	餛飩
	Chifeng	餛飩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	餛飩
	Harbin	餛飩
	Shenyang	餛飩
	Yantai (Muping)	餛飩
	Qingdao	餛飩
	Jinan	餛飩
	Luoyang	餛飩
	Zhengzhou	餛飩
	Xi'an	餛飩
	Dingbian	餛飩兒
	Yinchuan	餛飩
	Lanzhou	餛飩
	Xining	餛飩
	Ürümqi	餛飩
	Wuhan	水餃
	Chengdu	抄手兒, 抄手
	Chongqing	抄手兒
	Guiyang	餛飩
	Kunming	餛飩, 餃
	Guilin	餛飩
	Liuzhou	餛飩
	Xuzhou	餛飩, 貓耳朵
	Yangzhou	餛飩, 水餃, 餃子
	Nanjing	餛飩
	Hefei	餛飩, 餃子
	Nantong	餛飩
	Malaysia	雲吞
	Singapore	雲吞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雲吞
	Hong Kong	雲吞
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雲吞
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雲吞
	Macau	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雲吞
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	雲吞
	Foshan	雲吞
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雲吞
	Foshan (Shunde)	雲吞
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雲吞
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雲吞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	雲吞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雲吞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雲吞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雲吞
	Taishan	雲吞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雲吞
	Enping (Niujiang)	雲吞
	Heshan (Yayao)	雲吞
	Dongguan	雲吞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雲吞
	Yangjiang	雲吞
	Nanning	雲吞
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	雲吞
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	雲吞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雲吞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Penang (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雲吞
	Móng Cái	雲吞
Gan	Nanchang	清湯
	Pingxiang	包麵
Hakka	Meixian	雲吞, 餃仔
	Xingning	餛飩
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	雲吞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	雲吞
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雲吞
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雲吞
	Conghua (Lütian)	雲吞
	Changting	扁食
	Wuping	餛飩
	Liancheng	扁食
	Ninghua	扁食
	Ruijin	清湯
	Shicheng	清湯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	清湯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	扁食
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	扁食
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	扁食
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	扁食
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	扁食
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	扁食
	Hong Kong	雲吞
	Senai (Huiyang)	雲吞
Huizhou	Shexian	餛飩, 點心
Jin	Taiyuan	餛飩
	Xinzhou	餛飩
	Linhe	餛飩
	Jining	餛飩
	Hohhot	餛飩
	Zhangjiakou	餛飩
	Handan	餛飩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	扁食
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扁肉, 扁食
Southern Min	Xiamen	扁食
	Quanzhou	扁食
	Zhangzhou	扁食
	Taipei	扁食
	Taipei (Wanhua)	扁食
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	扁食
	Kaohsiung	扁食
	Yilan	扁食
	Changhua (Lukang)	扁食
	Taichung	扁食
	Taichung (Wuqi)	扁食
	Tainan	扁食
	Taitung	扁食
	Hsinchu	扁食
	Kinmen	扁食
	Penghu (Magong)	扁食
	Penang (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Manila (Hokkien)	雲吞
	Chaozhou	餃
	Shantou	餃
	Jieyang	餃
	Haifeng	扁食
	Bangkok (Teochew)	餃
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雲吞
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	雲吞
	Sanxiang	雲吞
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	雲吞
Wu	Shanghai	餛飩
	Shanghai (Chongming)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	餛飩
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	餛飩
	Suzhou	餛飩
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	餛飩
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	餛飩
	Wuxi	餛飩
	Changshu	餛飩
	Kunshan	餛飩
	Jiaxing	餛飩
	Changzhou	餛飩
	Liyang	餛飩
	Yixing	餛飩
	Danyang	餛飩
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	餛飩
	Jingjiang	餛飩
	Jiangyin	餛飩
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	餛飩
	Hangzhou	餛飩
	Shaoxing	餛飩
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	餛飩
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	湯包
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	湯包
	Ningbo	餛飩
	Yuyao	餛飩
	Zhoushan	餛飩
	Huangyan	餛飩
	Wenzhou	餛飩
	Quzhou	餛飩
	Jinhua	餛飩
	Yiwu	餛飩
	Yongkang	餛飩
Xiang	Changsha	餛飩
	Loudi	餛飩
	Shuangfeng	餃子

Derived terms

• 餛飩麵／馄饨面

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
餛	飩
こん Hyōgaiji	とん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ntõ̞ɴ]
• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ndõ̞ɴ]

Noun

餛(こん)飩(とん) or 餛飩(こんどん) • (konton or kondon) 

1. steamed manjū or steamed mochi

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
餛	飩
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Noun

餛飩(ワンタン) • (wantan) 

1. wonton