different between dumpling vs xiaolongbao

English

Etymology

A folk word [c. 1600s], apparently from a Norfolk dialect, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from some Low German word or from dialectal dump (“lump”) [late 1800s], +? -ling (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?mpl??/

Noun

dumpling (plural dumplings)

1. (cooking) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. [from 17th c.]
   1. By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
2. (familiar) A term of endearment.

3. (mildly vulgar) A piece of excrement.
   • 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:dumpling

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See also

• canederlo, gnocchi
• dim sim
• dim sum
• empanada
• har gow
• pierogi
• varenyky
• pelmeni
• quenelle
• ravioli
• shaomai, shumai
• wonton

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Further reading

• dumpling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin ??? (xi?olóngb?o, literally “little-basket dumpling”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??a?l??ba?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?l??ba?/ or IPA^(key): /?a?l???ba?/, shao-long-bao

Noun

xiaolongbao (plural xiaolongbao)

1. (Chinese cuisine) A type of dumpling or steamed bun (baozi) associated with eastern China, particularly Nanxiang near Shanghai.

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