饅頭

See also: 馒头

Chinese
head; (noun suffix)
trad. (饅頭) 饅 頭
simp. (馒头) 馒 头
alternative forms 曼頭／曼头
饅頭

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Connection to Central Asian manti?”)

Pronunciation 1

Note: maan4 tau4 - rare.

Noun

饅頭

  1. Chinese steamed bun (without filling); mantou
  2. (Wu) steamed bun with filling; baozi
    小籠饅頭／小笼馒头 [Shanghainese]  ―  [ɕiɔ³³ lʊŋ⁴⁴ mø²² d̥ɜ⁴⁴] [IPA]  ―  xiaolongbao
  3. (archaic) steamed bun (with or without filling)
  4. (figurative, slang) breast; tits
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 饅頭 (“steamed bun (without filling)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 饅頭
Mandarin Beijing 饅頭
Taiwan 饅頭
Harbin 饅頭
Yantai (Muping) 捲子, 饅頭
Jinan 饅頭, 饃饃, 捲子
Xi'an 饃, 蒸饃
Yinchuan 饃饃, 蒸饃
Lanzhou 饃饃
Xining 饃饃
Ürümqi 饃饃
Ürümqi (Xigou) 饃饃, 饅頭
Ürümqi (Changshanzi) 饃饃
Ürümqi County (Banfanggou) 饃饃
Wuhan 饃饃, 饅頭
Chengdu 饅頭
Guiyang 饅頭
Guilin 饅頭
Liuzhou 饅頭
Yangzhou 饅頭
Nanjing 饅頭
Hefei 饃, 大饃
Yanping 饅頭
Singapore 饅頭
Cantonese Guangzhou 饅頭
Hong Kong 饅頭
Dongguan 饅頭
Yangjiang 饅頭
Beihai 饅頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 饅頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 饅頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 饅頭
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 饅頭
Móng Cái 饅頭
Gan Nanchang 饃饃, 饅頭
Lichuan 饃饃
Pingxiang 饃饃, 饅頭
Hakka Meixian 饅頭
Yudu 饅頭
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 饅頭
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 饅頭
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 饅頭
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 饅頭
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 饅頭
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 饅頭
Huizhou Jixi 饅頭
Jin Taiyuan 饃饃, 蒸饃
Xinzhou 饃饃
Min Bei Jian'ou 饃饃
Jianyang 饃饃
Pucheng (Shibei) 饃饃
Min Dong Fuzhou 饃饃, 饅頭
Min Nan Xiamen 麵頭, 饅頭
Xiamen (Tong'an) 麵頭
Quanzhou 麵頭, 饅頭
Zhangzhou 饅頭
Taipei 饅頭
New Taipei (Sanxia) 饅頭
Kaohsiung 饅頭
Yilan 饅頭
Changhua (Lukang) 饅頭
Taichung 饅頭
Tainan 饅頭
Hsinchu 饅頭
Kinmen 麵頭
Penghu (Magong) 麵包
Penang (Hokkien) 饅頭
Manila (Hokkien) 饅頭
Chaozhou 饅頭
Shantou 饅頭
Wenchang 饅頭
Haikou 饅頭
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 饅頭
Wu Shanghai 饅頭, 淡饅頭
Suzhou 饅頭, 大包子饅頭, 實心饅頭
Danyang 饅頭
Hangzhou 饅頭
Ningbo 饅頭
Wenzhou 實心包
Jinhua 饅頭
Xiang Changsha 饅頭
Loudi 饃饃
Shuangfeng 饃饃, 饅頭
Dialectal synonyms of 包子 (“steamed bun (with filling)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 包子
Mandarin Beijing 包子
Taiwan 包子
Harbin 包子
Jinan 包子
Luoyang 包子
Wanrong 包子
Xi'an 包子
Dingbian 包子
Ürümqi 包子
Wuhan 包子
Chengdu 包子
Guiyang 包子
Guilin 包子
Xuzhou 包子
Yangzhou 包子
Nanjing 包子
Hefei 包子
Singapore 包
Cantonese Guangzhou 包
Hong Kong 包
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 包
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 包
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 包仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 包仔
Macau 包
Guangzhou (Panyu) 包
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 包
Guangzhou (Conghua) 包
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 包
Foshan 包
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 包
Foshan (Shunde) 包
Foshan (Sanshui) 包
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 包
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 包
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 包
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 包
Zhuhai (Doumen) 包
Jiangmen (Baisha) 包
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 包
Taishan 包
Kaiping (Chikan) 包
Enping (Niujiang) 包
Heshan (Yayao) 包
Dongguan 包
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 包
Yangjiang 包子
Beihai 包子
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 包子
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 包子
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 包子
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 包
Singapore (Guangfu) 包
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 大包
Móng Cái 包子
Gan Nanchang 包子
Lichuan 包子
Pingxiang 包子
Hakka Meixian 包仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 包
Dongguan (Qingxi) 包
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 包
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 包仔
Conghua (Lütian) 包
Yudu 包子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 包仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 包仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 包仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 包
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 包仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 包子
Hong Kong 包
Senai (Huiyang) 包
Huizhou Jixi 饅頭
Jin Taiyuan 包子
Xinzhou 包子, 圪組子
Min Bei Jian'ou 包仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 包
Min Nan Xiamen 包仔, 包
Quanzhou 包仔, 包
Zhangzhou 包仔, 包
Tainan 包仔
Penang (Hokkien) 包
Singapore (Hokkien) 包
Manila (Hokkien) 燒包
Chaozhou 包
Shantou 包
Shantou (Chenghai) 包
Jieyang 包
Haifeng 包
Bangkok (Teochew) 包
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 包
Singapore (Teochew) 包
Leizhou 包
Haikou 包子
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 包
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 包子
Wu Shanghai 饅頭
Shanghai (Chongming) 饅頭
Suzhou 饅頭
Danyang 包子
Hangzhou 饅頭
Ningbo 包子
Wenzhou 饅頭
Jinhua 包子
Xiang Changsha 包子
Loudi 包子
Shuangfeng 包子
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (饅頭):
  • → Japanese: 饅(まん)頭(じゅう) (manjū, “a type of bun typically with bean paste filling”)
  • → Korean: 만두(饅頭) (mandu, “Korean dumpling”)

Others:

See also

Pronunciation 2

  • Min Nan (POJ): bīn-thâu / bîn-thâu / bān-thâu / būn-thâu

Noun

饅頭

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 麵頭／面头 (miàntóu, “mantou used during the hundredth day commemoration of one's parent's death”).

Japanese
Kanji in this term
饅 頭
まん
Hyōgaiji		 じゅう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 饅頭／馒头.

Note that in Modern Standard Chinese, 饅頭 means an unfilled bun; 包子 (bāozi) is the term for a filled bun.

Pronunciation

Noun
饅頭

饅(まん)頭(じゅう) • (manjū) ←まんぢゆう (mandyū)?

  1. manjū, a type of bun typically with bean paste filling

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
饅頭

Noun

饅頭 • (mandu) (hangeul 만두)

  1. Hanja form? of 만두 (“mandu; Korean dumpling”).
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