筒仔米糕
tǒng​zǐ​mǐ​gāo

steamed sticky rice in a tube

  • created sense approved 筒仔米糕 · tǒng​zǐ​mǐ​gāo · steamed sticky rice in a tube — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    筒仔米糕

    tǒng​zǐ​mǐ​gāo

    steamed sticky rice in a tube

    a popular Taiwanese snack made by steaming pre-cooked glutinous rice mixed with seasonings and topped with ingredients like braised meat or mushrooms inside a small bamboo or metal cylinder, then inverted onto a dish and served with sauce and cilantro

    筒 (literal) → 筒 · tǒng · tube 仔 (bound) → 仔 · zǐ · [noun suffix] 米糕 (literal) → 米糕 · mǐ​gāo · rice cake

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense