雪团

雪團

xuětuán

noun

Measure Word

一个雪团 gè

Meanings

1 snowball
2 snow-white ball-shaped pastry; rice-flour dumpling rolled in powdered sugar or coconut

Characters

Examples

孩子们打雪团玩。

Háizimen dǎ xuětuán wán.

The children played snowball fights.

店里新出了椰蓉雪团。

Diàn lǐ xīn chū le yēróng xuětuán.

The shop has just released coconut snowball pastries.

Tips

usage

雪团 has two senses: a literal snowball (often written 雪球 in modern usage), and a confectionery — a glutinous-rice or sponge dumpling rolled in white coating, popular in bakery menus and bubble-tea shops.

Stroke Order

雪 xuě

团 tuán