小馄饨

小餛飩
xiǎohúntún
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 small wontons
  2. 2 thin-skinned mini wonton soup (Shanghai / Jiangnan style)

Examples

Zǎoshang lái yì wǎn xiǎohúntún zuì shūfu.
A bowl of small wontons is the coziest thing in the morning.
Xiǎohúntún pí báo xiàn shǎo, hē de shì nà kǒu tāng.
Small wontons have thin wrappers and little filling — what you're really drinking is the broth.

Tips

culture
A Shanghai / Jiangnan breakfast staple. Distinguished from 馄饨 (big wontons, substantial meat filling, a meal in themselves) by their paper-thin skins, tiny dot of pork filling, and the clear broth with seaweed, dried shrimp and chopped scallion that carries them.

Stroke Order

xiǎo
hún
tún