卡赛

卡賽
kǎsài
noun

Measure Word

一块卡赛 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 kasai (Tibetan deep-fried pastry eaten at Losar, the Tibetan New Year)

Examples

Zànglì xīnnián shí, jiā jiā hù hù dōu huì zhá kǎsài.
During the Tibetan New Year, every household fries kasai.
Gòngzhuō shàng bǎi zhe wǔyán liùsè de kǎsài.
The offering table is laid with colorful kasai pastries.

Tips

culture
卡赛 (Tibetan: ཁ་ཟས་ khazas, 'mouth food') is a wheat-flour-and-butter dough fried into flat shapes — strips, lattices, ears, butterflies — and stacked high on the altar during 新年 (Losar). Pieces are eaten throughout the holiday and offered to guests. The shapes have names like 耳朵卡赛 ('ear kasai') and 卡赛.
register
A transliteration from Tibetan — a minority-language loanword rather than a native Chinese term. Mainly appears in writing about Tibetan culture, travel, or New Year coverage.

Stroke Order

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