芋泥

yùní
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 taro paste
  2. 2 mashed taro (dessert or bubble-tea flavor)

Examples

Cháoshàn de fǎnshā yùní shì yí dào chuántǒng tiánpǐn.
Chaoshan-style sugar-glazed taro paste is a traditional dessert.
Zuìjìn yùní bōbōchá hěn huǒ.
Taro-paste bubble tea has been really popular lately.

Tips

culture
Classic 芋泥 is a Teochew/Fujian banquet dessert of mashed taro steamed with lard and sugar. The 2020s milk-tea boom reinvented it — 芋泥 now means any purple taro paste layered in drinks, bread, and cakes.

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