How to say “Molten salted egg custard bun” in Cantonese
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A steamed bun with runny salted egg yolk custard inside; the name means flowing sand. Bite carefully, as the filling is hot.
The colour of each syllable is its tone — Cantonese has six, and the same sound in another tone is another word.