甜汤

甜湯
tiántāng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 sweet soup (Chinese-style dessert soup)
  2. 2 tong sui

Examples

Fànhòu wǒmen hē le yī wǎn hóngdòu tiántāng.
After the meal we had a bowl of red-bean sweet soup.
Guǎngdōng rén hěn xǐhuān hē gèzhǒng tiántāng.
Cantonese people love to drink all kinds of sweet soups.

Tips

culture
The Mandarin equivalent of Cantonese 糖水 (tong sui) — a broad category including red-bean soup, black sesame paste, papaya-snow-fungus soup, tangyuan in ginger broth. Served warm or chilled as a dessert.

Stroke Order

tián
tāng