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Photo
Dish of taro balls at Li Wah Dim Sum
By
Edsel Little
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

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Photo
Fried taro cake
By
Haha169
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

芋角

yùjiǎo
Also on menus as 蜂巢芋角
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一个芋角 gè

Meanings

  1. 1 taro puff

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 小吃 Snack

Mashed taro shaped around a savoury filling of diced pork, mushroom and sometimes shrimp, then deep-fried so the outside turns into a lacy, crisp honeycomb. Soft inside. A Cantonese dim sum.

Usually contains shellfish

Examples

HSK 7-9
芋角外面是一层像蜂窝一样的脆皮。
Yùjiǎo wàimian shì yì céng xiàng fēngwō yíyàng de cuìpí.
A taro puff has a crisp outer layer that looks like a honeycomb.
HSK 7-9
喝早茶的时候，我每次都点一碟芋角。
Hē zǎochá de shíhou, wǒ měi cì dōu diǎn yì dié yùjiǎo.
Whenever I go for dim sum, I order a plate of taro puffs.

Tips

usage
Dim sum menus also call it 蜂巢芋角, "honeycomb taro puff", after its lacy crust.

Stroke Order

芋 yù
角 jiǎo