馄饨 (hún tún) — wonton
Definition
noun
wonton
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 馄饨。Wǒ xǐ huan chī hún tún.I like to eat wontons.
- 馄饨。Zhè wǎn hún tún hěn hǎo chī.This bowl of wontons is very tasty.
- 馄饨。Wǒ men qù nà jiā diàn chī hún tún ba.Let's go to that shop to eat wontons.
Origin
Single-morpheme word构词法gòucífǎ
联绵liánmiánBound pair
Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.
馄hún
饨tún
馄饨 names a kind of wonton; the characters are used together and do not carry separate meanings here.
Sound-only characters
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