馅料

餡料

xiànliào

noun

Meanings

1 filling; stuffing (for dumplings, buns, pies, mooncakes etc.)

Characters

filling; stuffing

material; ingredient

Examples

妈妈正在调饺子的馅料。

Māma zhèngzài tiáo jiǎozi de xiànliào.

Mom is mixing the dumpling filling.

这种月饼的馅料是莲蓉。

Zhè zhǒng yuèbǐng de xiànliào shì liánróng.

These mooncakes have lotus-seed-paste filling.

他喜欢肉馅料的包子。

Tā xǐhuān ròu xiànliào de bāozi.

He likes meat-filling baozi.

Tips

culture

Classic dumpling fillings to know: 猪肉白菜 (pork & cabbage), 韭菜鸡蛋 (chive & egg), 三鲜 (three-delicacy: shrimp, pork, leek). Mooncake favorites: 莲蓉蛋黄 (lotus-paste with salted egg yolk), 五仁 (five-kernel), 豆沙 (red bean).

Stroke Order

馅 xiàn

料 liào