xiaolongbao

See also: xiǎolóngbāo

English

Etymology

From the Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 小籠包 (xiǎolóngbāo, literally “little-basket dumpling”).

Pronunciation

• Properly, IPA^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹.lʊŋ³⁵.pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Informally often atonal
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʊlɒŋbaʊ/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʊlɔŋbaʊ/ or IPA^(key): /ʃaʊlɔŋˈbaʊ/, shao-long-bao

Noun

xiaolongbao (plural 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, 小笼馒头 (xiǎolóng mántóu)

• Finnish: myky (fi)

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