馍馍

饃饃

mómo

noun

Measure Word

一个馍馍 gè

Meanings

1 steamed bun (northern colloquial)
2 mantou

Characters

steamed bun, flatbread

(reduplicated suffix)

Examples

奶奶蒸了一锅热腾腾的馍馍。

Nǎinai zhēng le yī guō rè téngténg de mómo.

Grandma steamed a pot of piping-hot mantou.

孩子手里拿着一个白馍馍。

Háizi shǒu lǐ ná zhe yī gè bái mómo.

The child is holding a white steamed bun.

Tips

register

Informal, affectionate reduplication of 馍 (a northwest / Shaanxi word for steamed bread). More homey than the standard 馒头 (mántou); you'd hear it from grandparents at the table, not on a restaurant menu.

Stroke Order

馍 mó