mung bean jelly; cold starch noodles
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
mung bean jelly; sheet jelly made from starch; cold jelly noodles
A popular summer dish throughout northern China. Often takes the -r suffix (凉粉儿) in Beijing dialect. Distinct from 凉皮 (liángpí), which uses wheat or rice flour and has a different texture.
Xià夏
tiān天
chī吃
yī一
wǎn碗
liáng凉
fěn粉
tè特
bié别
liáng凉
kuài快
。
Eating a bowl of mung bean jelly in the summer is especially cooling.
Mā妈
ma妈
zài在
chāo超
shì市
lǐ里
mǎi买
le了
yī一
fèn份
lǜ绿
dòu豆
liáng凉
fěn粉
。
Mom bought a serving of mung bean jelly at the supermarket.
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Zhè这
dào道
cài菜
shì是
yòng用
zhī芝
ma麻
jiàng酱
bàn拌
de的
liáng凉
fěn粉
。
This dish is mung bean jelly tossed with sesame paste.