wonton

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English

wonton on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

won ton (Indonesia, US, Canada)
wanton, wan ton, huntun (Philippines, Singapore)
wantan, wan tan (Malaysia, Singapore)

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 雲吞／云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹, wan⁴ tan⁴).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑntɑn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒntɒn/

Noun

wonton (plural wontons)

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

Translations

Chinese dumpling

Afrikaans: wonton
Arabic: وُونْتُون m (wūntūn), وَانْتَان m (wāntān)
Burmese: ဖက်ထုပ် (my) (hpakhtup)
Catalan: wantan m, wanton m, wonton m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 餛飩／馄饨 (wan⁴ tan¹, wan⁴ tan⁴, wan⁴ tyun⁴), 雲吞／云吞 (yue) (wan⁴ tan¹)

Gan: 清湯／清汤 (chin¹ thon¹)

Hakka: 扁食 (pién-sṳ̍t)

Hokkien: 扁食 (zh-min-nan) (pián-sit, pián-si̍t)

Mandarin: 餛飩／馄饨 (zh) (húntun, húndun), 雲吞／云吞 (zh) (yúntūn), 抄手 (zh) (chāoshǒu), 扁食 (zh) (biǎnshi), 匾食 (zh) (biǎnshi), 鶻突／鹘突 (hútū, hútú)

Wu: 餛飩／馄饨 (⁶wen-den)
Dutch: wantan
Esperanto: huntuno, vantano, vantono, vuntuno
Finnish: wonton
French: wonton (fr) m, wantan m, wanton (fr) m, wuntun m
German: Wan Tan, Wantan, Wonton, Huntun
Greek: γουάν ταν n (gouán tan), γουόν τον n (gouón ton)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: pangsit (id), wonton
Italian: wonton m
Japanese: ワンタン (wantan), 雲呑 (わんたん, wantan)
Javanese: pangsit (jv)
Khmer: គាវ (km) (kiəw)
Korean: 훈툰 (huntun)
Lao: ກ້ຽວ (kiāu)
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠ
ᡝᡶᡝᠨ (ninggiya efen)
Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠨᠲᠦᠭ (tüntüg), ᠬᠤᠨᠳᠤᠨ (qundun)
Norwegian: wonton, wan tan, huntun
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: wonton m
Russian: вонто́н (ru) m (vontón), хуньту́нь m (xunʹtúnʹ), юньту́нь m (junʹtúnʹ)
Spanish: wantán m, wantón m, wontón m, won ton m
Thai: เกี๊ยว (th) (gíao)
Uyghur: چۆچۈرە (chöchüre)
Vietnamese: hoành thánh (vi), vằn thắn (vi), mằn thắn (vi)
Yiddish: וואָנטאָן m (vonton)

See also

jiaozi

Anagrams

wonnot

Indonesian

wonton

Etymology

From English wonton, from Cantonese 雲吞／云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: won‧ton

Noun

wonton (first-person possessive wontonku, second-person possessive wontonmu, third-person possessive wontonnya)

(cooking) Synonym of pangsit (“wonton”)

Further reading

“wonton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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