奶黄包

奶黃包

nǎihuángbāo

noun

Measure Word

一个奶黄包 gè

Meanings

1 custard bun
2 steamed bun with sweet egg-custard filling

Characters

Examples

这家茶楼的流沙奶黄包最有名。

Zhè jiā chálóu de liúshā nǎihuángbāo zuì yǒumíng.

This teahouse is most famous for its molten-custard buns.

他一口咬下去，奶黄就流出来了。

Tā yī kǒu yǎo xiàqù, nǎihuáng jiù liú chūlái le.

He bit into it and the custard flowed right out.

Tips

culture

A dim sum staple in Cantonese 茶楼. The viral 流沙 ('flowing-sand') variant — with a runny salted-egg-yolk custard that pours out at the first bite — turned 奶黄包 into a social-media food trend in the 2010s.

Stroke Order

奶 nǎi

黄 huáng

包 bāo