p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards
芝麻卷, photo 1 of 2
芝麻卷, photo 2 of 2
Typical photo

Photo credit

Photo
BlackSesameRoll
By
Benjwong
Licence
Public domain
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Hong Kong street food-Black sesame roll-芝麻卷
By
Pizza Plus Pineapple
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

芝麻卷

芝麻捲
zhīmajuǎn
Also on menus as 菲林卷
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一碟芝麻卷 dié

Meanings

  1. 1 black sesame roll

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 甜品 Dessert

Thin, chewy sheets of sweet black sesame paste rolled up into layered spirals, served chilled as a dim sum dessert. Nutty and lightly sweet. It looks like a roll of camera film.

Usually contains sesame

Examples

HSK 6
芝麻卷是黑色的，一层一层卷起来的。
Zhīmajuǎn shì hēisè de, yì céng yì céng juǎn qǐlai de.
Black sesame rolls are black and rolled up layer by layer.
HSK 7-9
我每次去茶楼，都会点一碟芝麻卷。
Wǒ měi cì qù chálóu, dōu huì diǎn yì dié zhīmajuǎn.
Every time I go to a dim sum restaurant, I order a plate of black sesame rolls.

Tips

usage
Cantonese speakers often call it 菲林卷 'film roll', because the black, rolled-up sheets look like a roll of camera film.

Stroke Order

芝 zhī
麻 má
卷 juǎn