小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo) · xiaolongbao, soup dumpling

Measure Word

一笼小笼包 lóng

Meanings

1 xiaolongbao
2 soup dumpling
3 small steamer dumpling

Made with

About the dish

Small steamed dumplings of thin wheat dough filled with minced pork and hot soup, served in the bamboo steamer with vinegar and shredded ginger. Bite a small hole and sip the soup first; it is very hot.

Usually contains wheat

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

上海的小笼包皮薄汁多。

Shànghǎi de xiǎolóngbāo pí báo zhī duō.

Shanghai xiaolongbao have thin skins and lots of soup.

HSK 6

吃小笼包要小心烫嘴。

Chī xiǎolóngbāo yào xiǎoxīn tàng zuǐ.

You have to be careful not to burn your mouth eating xiaolongbao.

HSK 7-9

我点了一笼蟹粉小笼包。

Wǒ diǎn le yì lóng xièfěn xiǎolóngbāo.

I ordered a basket of crab roe xiaolongbao.

Tips

culture

Originated in Nanxiang (南翔), a suburb of Shanghai, in the 19th century. The correct way to eat is to bite a small hole, sip the soup, then eat the rest.

mistakes

小笼包 (small basket) not 小龙包 (small dragon) - the 笼 refers to the bamboo steamer basket.