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baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
HSK 1
steamed bun with sweetened bean paste filling / (Tw) beancurd skin sheet folded into a small square packet shape then dried
glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
HSK 7-9
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒麥|烧麦
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead
steamed roll / spring roll
steamed bun
HSK 6
water vapor / steam / moisture
steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork
steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]
HSK 7-9
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  *汽* | 汽* | *汽
steam / vapor
steam engine
steamed chicken with chili sauce
lit. meat wedged in steamed bun / "Chinese burger" / sliced meat sandwich popular in north China
pastry / steamed bun / cake
to spurt steam (or air etc)
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  *剂* | 剂* | *剂
(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product) / (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings / classifier for a dose of medicine
HSK 7-9
(of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate
steam / heat / CL:
HSK 7-9
steamed pork
steamed soup dumpling
steam whistle / ship horn
steamed in broth
cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine)
steaming (hot)
steam turbine
to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation
liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice)
rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc
gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)
steamed bun stuffed with vegetables / (fig.) useless person / a good-for-nothing
sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)
nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling
steam valve
vapor / steam
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  *馍* | 馍* | *馍
small loaf of steamed bread
to peter out / to lose momentum / to lose steam
steamed dumpling
stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine)
steamed bun
popular Taiwan snack, similar to a hamburger, steamed bun stuffed with pork, pickled vegetables, peanut powder and cilantro
electric heat tracing; steam tracing (for maintaining the temperature of pipes etc)
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒賣|烧卖
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
water vapor / steam
rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
steam turbine electric generator
steamed cake
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  *蒸* | 蒸* | *蒸
to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old)
HSK 7-9
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  *丼* | 丼* | *丼
(Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
steam
steam (Shanghainese)
rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)
steamed dumpling
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  *粿* | 粿* | *粿
rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed)
chawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl
portable steam engine
steamed rice cake made from glutinous rice flour, soft and fluffy in texture
kamaboko (Japanese steamed fish cake made from surimi)
steaming / scathing
bamboo grid for steaming food / grate; grating; grid
steam locomotive
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  *歊* | 歊* | *歊
vapor / steam
to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
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  *焗* | 焗* | *焗
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake
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  *箅* | 箅* | *箅
(bound form) bamboo grid for steaming food
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  *熥* | 熥* | *熥
to heat up (cooked food) by baking or steaming / Taiwan pr. [tong1]
superheated steam oven
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  *饙* | 饙* | *饙
to steam rice
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  *馏* | 馏* | *馏
to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it
steam reforming (chemistry)
fa gao, a type of steamed sponge cake, usu. sweetened, commonly consumed at Chinese New Year
steamed dumpling


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