芋泥

yùní

noun

Meanings

1 taro paste
2 mashed taro (dessert or bubble-tea flavor)

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Examples

HSK 7-9

潮汕的反沙芋泥是一道传统甜品。

Cháoshàn de fǎnshā yùní shì yí dào chuántǒng tiánpǐn.

Chaoshan-style sugar-glazed taro paste is a traditional dessert.

HSK 7-9

最近芋泥波波茶很火。

Zuìjìn yùní bōbō chá hěn huǒ.

Taro-paste bubble tea has been really popular lately.

Tips

culture

Classic 芋泥 is a Teochew/Fujian banquet dessert of mashed taro steamed with lard and sugar. The 2020s milk-tea boom reinvented it - 芋泥 now means any purple taro paste layered in drinks, bread, and cakes.

Stroke Order

芋 yù

泥 ní