Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to
non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
also can:
tangyuan
tang yuan
简
繁
→
Mandarin:
汤圆
湯圓
pinyin:
tāng yuán
Detailed etymology
definitions
noun
- Chinese boiled glutinous rice balls, often coloured in various colours, normally plain but sometimes filled with a filling such as sweetened crushed peanuts or tau sar
- a dessert consisting of such glutinous rice balls served in a sweet syrup, traditionally made and eaten during the Winter Solstice festival
... frozen tang yuan was so readily available that her family ate them for breakfast and supper.
— 1995 December 29. The Straits Times, "It is Dongzhi every day with frozen tang yuan". p.15
synonyms: