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Meaning of mantou | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Chinese steamed bun (without any filling)

Equivalents

Esperanto mantoo mantoŭo
Français mantou
Bahasa Indonesia mantau
日本語 まんどう
한국어 만두
Русский маньтоу
Tiếng Việt màn thầu

Examples

““You sit down and eat mantous and soy milk,” she ordered.”
“On nous apporta du thé, du riz et des mantous – des petits pains de farine de blé.”
“He wished he had more of the mantous that they’d been given in Shanghai. His younger sister couldn’t stop remarking how delicious the Chinese breads were. The mantous had been a welcome change from the muei (Chinese porridge) on which they had been subsisting for so long.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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