餛飩

See also: 馄饨

Chinese

trad. (餛飩)
simp. (馄饨)
alternative forms 雲吞云吞
餫飩𫗥饨

Etymology

From 混沌 (hùndùn, “Hundun, chaos and confusion of the primordial world”).

Related to 鶻突鹘突 (hútū, hútú).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • wan4 tan4-1 - common;
  • wan4 tan4, wan4 tyun4 - rare.
  • Hakka
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: hung1 tung1 / hung1 dung1
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuŋ¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/, /xuŋ¹¹ tuŋ¹¹/
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 6wen-den6
      • MiniDict: wen den
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3hhun-den3
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuən²² dən⁴⁴/
    • (Northern: Suzhou)
      • Wugniu: 2wen-den2; 2wen-ten2
      • MiniDict: wen den; wen ten
      • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦuən²² dən³³/, /ɦuən²² tən³³/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: fen2 ten1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɸən¹³ tʰən³³/
    • (Hengyang)
      • Wiktionary: fen2 dun2
      • Sinological IPA (key): /v̥e̞n¹¹ d̥u̯ən¹¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (7)
Final () (55) (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter hwon dwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuən/ /duən/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuon/ /duon/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuən/ /duən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwən/ /dwən/
Li
Rong
/ɣuən/ /duən/
Wang
Li
/ɣuən/ /duən/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuən/ /dʱuən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hún tún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan4 teon4

Noun

餛飩

  1. wonton (Chinese dumpling stuffed with meat or seafood and vegetables)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
こん
Hyōgai
とん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ntõ̞ɴ]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ndõ̞ɴ]

Noun

(こん)(とん) or 餛飩(こんどん) • (konton or kondon

  1. steamed manjū or steamed mochi

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
わん
Hyōgai
たん
Hyōgai
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 餛飩 – see the following entry.
ワンタン
[noun] wonton
Alternative spelling
雲呑
(This term, 餛飩, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)