faan6 tyun4飯團饭团
Jyutpingfaan6 tyun4
Yalefaahn tyùhn
Definition
Onigiri; a Japanese rice ball.
colloquialfood
How it's used
Refers specifically to the Japanese style rice ball often found in convenience stores. It is rarely used to describe homemade rice balls or other shapes of rice, which are usually just called 飯.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
The rice ball from the convenience store is delicious.
Related words
Common phrases
tuna rice ball
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
