How to say “Sweet rice balls (tong yuen)” in Cantonese
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tong1 jyun2 · Sweet rice balls (tong yuen)
Glutinous rice balls, often filled with sesame paste and served in sweet soup. Eaten at the Winter Solstice and Lantern Festival.
The colour of each syllable is its tone — Cantonese has six, and the same sound in another tone is another word.