dòubāo

豆包

Word · Noun

steamed bun with sweet red bean paste filling

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

steamed bun filled with sweet red bean paste

A traditional Chinese snack or breakfast food. The character '儿' indicates the word is often pronounced with an erhua (儿化音) in Northern Mandarin, making it sound like 'dòubāor'.

Zǎo早
cān餐
wǒ我
chī吃
le了
yī一
gè个
dòu豆
bāo包
hé和
yī一
wǎn碗
zhōu粥
 。

For breakfast, I ate a red bean bun and a bowl of congee.

Wǒ我
mā妈
ma妈
zuò做
de的
dòu豆
bāo包
tè特
bié别
tián甜
 ,
tè特
bié别
hǎo好
chī吃
 。

The red bean buns my mom makes are especially sweet and delicious.

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Běi北
fāng方
rén人
guò过
nián年
de的
shí时
hou候
yě也
cháng常
chī吃
dòu豆
bāo包
 。

Northern Chinese often eat red bean buns during the New Year as well.