甜汤

甜湯
tiántāng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

Fàn hòu wǒmen hē le yī wǎn hóngdòu tiántāng.
After the meal we had a bowl of red-bean sweet soup.
Guǎngdōng rén hěn xǐhuān hē gè zhǒng 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