丸子 (wán zi) — (noun) ball-shaped food (meatball, fishball, vegetable ball, etc.); (noun) pill; bolus (solid oral medicine)
Definition
丸子 is the everyday word for a ball-shaped food (meatball, fishball, etc.), and also used for a pill/bolus. Its shorter form 丸 is the classifier and a more formal written word for 'pill'.
noun
ball-shaped food (meatball, fishball, vegetable ball, etc.)pillbolus (solid oral medicine)
Measure word · 颗
Examples
- 丸子。Jīn tiān zhōng wǔ wǒ men hē wán zi tāng ba.Let's have meatball soup for lunch today.
- 丸子，。Yī shēng ràng wǒ měi tiān chī sān cì wán zi, yí cì liǎng lì.The doctor told me to take the pills three times a day, two pills each time.
- 丸子。Nǎi nai zuò de sù wán zi fēi cháng hǎo chī.The vegetarian balls Grandma makes are delicious.
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