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The Cantonese word jyun siu - 元宵 - jyun4 siu1
(sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

jyun4 siu1

English translations

sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour, the night of the 15th of the 1st Moon

Chinese characters:

元宵
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元宵 (jyun4 siu1) is composed of these characters: 元, 宵
The traditional Chinese characters of jyun4 siu1 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

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元宵 ( jyun siu / jyun4 siu1 ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 601)
Cantonese words containing the word 元宵 ( jyun siu / jyun4 siu1 ) :
jyun4 siu1 ( 元宵节 )

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