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马蹄粉

馬蹄粉
mǎtífěn
noun

Measure Word

一袋马蹄粉 dài

Meanings

  1. 1 water chestnut flour
  2. 2 water chestnut starch

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

A fine starch made from water chestnut corms. It is used for the sweet, translucent water chestnut cake of Cantonese dim sum, for small steamed bowl cakes and for a sweet water chestnut paste.

Also called  荸荠粉

Examples

HSK 7-9
马蹄粉是用荸荠做的。
Mǎtífěn shì yòng bíqí zuò de.
Water chestnut flour is made from water chestnuts.
HSK 7-9
广东的马蹄糕主要是用马蹄粉和糖做的。
Guǎngdōng de mǎtígāo zhǔyào shì yòng mǎtífěn hé táng zuò de.
Guangdong's water chestnut cake is made mainly from water chestnut flour and sugar.

Tips

usage
马蹄, literally "horse's hoof", is a regional name for the water chestnut, 荸荠.

Stroke Order

马 mǎ
蹄 tí
粉 fěn