羅宋湯

See also: 罗宋汤

Chinese

		Russian	soup; hot water
trad. (羅宋湯)		羅宋	湯
simp. (罗宋汤)		罗宋	汤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luósòngtāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ sung³ tong¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lu-son-thaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luósòngtāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luósòngtang
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-sung⁴-tʻang¹
    • Yale: lwó-sùng-tāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luosonqtang
    • Palladius: лосунтан (losuntan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo⁴ sung³ tong¹
    • Yale: lòh sung tōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ sung³ tong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ sung³ tong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ sʊŋ³³ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu-son-thaon
    • MiniDict: lu^去 son thaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu-son-thaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²² soŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑ̃²¹/

Borscht served with pampushky, sour cream and pork cracklings

Shanghai-style borscht

Noun

羅宋湯

1. borscht (a beetroot soup of Russian or Ukrainian origin, commonly found in Hong Kong and Shanghai western cuisine)

Usage notes

• The term 羅宋／罗宋 (luósòng, “Russian”) is only used attributively in certain noun compounds.

Synonyms

• 紅菜湯／红菜汤 (hóngcàitāng)
• (Hong Kong) 紅湯／红汤 (hóngtāng)