bánh rán

Vietnamese

bánh rán

Etymology

bánh (“cake”) +‎ rán (“to fry”). The sense of "dorayaki" was popularized by the Vietnamese translation of the manga Doraemon.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˦ zaːn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛɲ˦˧˥ ʐaːŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓan˦˥ ɹaːŋ˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bánh rán

1. A deep-fried glutinous rice ball in northern Vietnamese cuisine, filled with mung bean paste, scented with jasmine flower essence, and doused in syrup.
2. dorayaki

Related terms

• bánh cam (southern Vietnam)

See also

• 煎堆 (jiānduī)