xiaolongbao

See also: xiǎolóngbāo

English

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Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 小籠包 ("little-basket dumpling").

Pronunciation

• Properly, IPA^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹.lʊŋ³⁵.pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Informally often atonal
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /'ʃaʊlɒŋbaʊ/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /'ʃaʊlɔŋbaʊ/ or IPA^(key): /ʃaʊlɔŋ'baʊ/, shao-long-bao

Noun

xiaolongbao (plural xiaolongbaos or xiaolongbao)

1. (Chinese cuisine) A type of dumpling or steamed bun (baozi) associated with eastern China, particularly Nanxiang near Shanghai.

Translations

steamed dumpling

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小籠包 (zh), 小籠包 (zh) (xiǎolóngbāo), 小籠饅頭 (zh), 小笼馒头 (zh) (xiǎolóng mántóu)

• Finnish: myky (fi)

• Japanese: 小籠包 (しょうろんぽう, shōronpō)
• Russian: сяолунба́о m, n (sjaolunbáo)