天妇罗

天婦羅
tiānfùluó
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tempura (Japanese battered and deep-fried dish)

Examples

Wǒ diǎn le yí fèn xiā tiānfùluó.
I ordered a portion of shrimp tempura.
Tiānfùluó yào chèn rè chī cái hǎochī.
Tempura is only good when eaten hot.
Zhè jiā diàn de shūcài tiānfùluó wàipí tèbié sūcuì.
The vegetable tempura at this shop has an especially crispy crust.

Tips

history
Loanword from Japanese ぷら (tenpura), originally introduced to Japan by 16th-century Portuguese missionaries. Katsuo-era Japan turned the Iberian fry-up into the dish we know today.

Stroke Order

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