饅頭

See also: 馒头

Chinese

head; (noun suffix)
trad. (饅頭) 饅 頭
simp. (馒头) 馒 头
alternative forms 曼頭/曼头
饅頭 (1)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Connection to Central Asian manti?”)

Pronunciation 1


Note: maan4 tau4 - rare.

Noun

饅頭

  1. Chinese steamed bun (without filling); mantou
  2. (Wu) steamed bun with filling; baozi
    小籠饅頭/小笼馒头 [Shanghainese]  ―  5shiau-lon 6moe-deu [Wugniu]  ―  xiaolongbao
  3. (archaic) steamed bun (with or without filling)
  4. (figurative, slang) breast; tits
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (饅頭):
  • → Japanese: 饅(まん)頭(じゅう) (manjū, “a type of bun typically with bean paste filling”) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Korean: 만두(饅頭) (mandu, “Korean dumpling”) (see there for further descendants)

Others:

See also

Pronunciation 2


Noun

饅頭

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 麵頭/面头 (miàntóu, “mantou used during the hundredth day commemoration of one's parent's death”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
饅 頭
まん
Hyōgaiji
じゅう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 饅頭/馒头.

Note that in Modern Standard Chinese, 饅頭 means an unfilled bun; 包子 (bāozi) is the term for a filled bun.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まんじゅ​う [màńjúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [mã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝː]

Noun

饅頭

饅(まん)頭(じゅう) • (manjū) ←まんぢゆう (mandyuu)?

  1. manjū, a type of bun typically with bean paste filling

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
饅頭

Noun

饅頭 • (mandu) (hangeul 만두)

  1. Hanja form? of 만두 (“mandu; Korean dumpling”).
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