米粩

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Chinese

rice; metre
trad. (米粩)
simp. #(米粩)
alternative forms 米佬

Pronunciation


Noun

米粩

  1. (Hokkien) sugarcoated hollow puffed rice confection

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Further reading

  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bí-láu”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 296; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 296