bánh rán

Vietnamese

Etymology

bánh (“cake”) +‎ rán (“to fry”). The sense of "dorayaki" was popularized by the Vietnamese translation of the manga Doraemon.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˦ zaːn˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛɲ˦˧˥ ʐaːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓan˦˥ ɹaːŋ˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bánh rán

  1. A deep-fried glutinous rice ball in northern Vietnamese cuisine, filled with mung bean paste, scented with jasmine flower essence, and doused in syrup.
  2. dorayaki

See also

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