soup dumpling

English

Etymology

Calque of Mandarin 湯包 / 汤包 (tāngbāo, “soup dumpling”).

Noun

soup dumpling (plural soup dumplings)

  1. (Chinese cuisine) Tangbao, any of a variety of Chinese dumplings filled with soup.
  2. (Chinese cuisine, sometimes explicitly) Xiaolongbao, a small variety of tangbao popular around Shanghai.
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