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鹼水粽
  gaan2 seoi2 zung3*2   jyutping
  jian3 shui3 zong4   pinyin
Kee Chang, alkaline dumpling: rice is soaked in alkaline water first and wrapped with sweetened red beans. Also

noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
鹼水粽

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Characters in this word:

 gaan2  -  alkali; soda。 Alt。 鹻
 seoi2  -  water; liquid; dough (money)
 zung2 zung3  -  glutinous rice dumpling

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  gaan2 seoi2 zung3*2  jian3 shui3 zong4 = leaf wrapped glutinous rice dumpling boiled in lye water without a stuffing


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