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"butter bun" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
奶酥 nǎi sū butter biscuit / butter bun
Chinese Pinyin Translation
奶油 nǎi yóu cream / butter / (coll.) effeminate
黄油 黃油 huáng yóu butter / CL:盒[he2]
拍马屁 拍馬屁 pāi mǎ pì to flatter / to fawn on / to butter sb up / toadying / bootlicking syn
牛油 niú yóu butter / beef tallow
馒头 饅頭 mán tou steamed bun syn
包子 bāo zi baozi / bao (steamed stuffed bun) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
发髻 髮髻 fà jì hair worn in a bun or coil syn
势如破竹 勢如破竹 shì rú pò zhú like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force syn
饽饽 餑餑 bō bo pastry / steamed bun / cake syn
酥油茶 sū yóu chá butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk)
发包 髮包 fà bāo bun hair extension
酥油 sū yóu butter syn
有了 yǒu le I've got a solution! / to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎[you3 le5 tai1]) syn
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn
馍馍 饃饃 mó mo steamed bun syn
豆沙包 dòu shā bāo bean paste bun
肉夹馍 肉夾饃 ròu jiā mó lit. meat wedged in steamed bun / "Chinese burger" / sliced meat sandwich popular in north China
盘头 盤頭 pán tóu to coil hair into a bun / hair worn in bun / turban / hair ornament / to interrogate
小面包 小麵包 xiǎo miàn bāo bread roll / bun
花生酱 花生醬 huā shēng jiàng peanut butter
衣食父母 yī shí fù mǔ the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter syn
纂 zuǎn (literary) to compile / to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun / chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3] syn
髻 jì hair rolled up in a bun, topknot syn
酥油花 sū yóu huā butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
笄 jī 15 years old / hairpin for bun
炒米 chǎo mǐ fried rice / millet stir-fried in butter
鬏 jiū bun (of hair) syn
流沙包 liú shā bāo salted egg custard bun / lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
菠萝油 菠蘿油 bō luó yóu pineapple bun 菠蘿包|菠萝包[bo1luo2bao1] with a slice of butter inserted
寿桃包 壽桃包 shòu táo bāo longevity peach bun / birthday peach bun
菠萝包 菠蘿包 bō luó bāo pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple skin)
拌面 拌麵 bàn miàn noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc
打奶 dǎ nǎi lit. to beat milk / to churn (to make butter) / milk foamer (for cappuccino)
灌米汤 灌米湯 guàn mǐ tāng to flatter / to butter sb up
花生浆 花生漿 huā shēng jiàng peanut butter / also written 花生醬|花生酱
可可脂 kě kě zhī (loanword) cocoa butter
棉豆 mián dòu lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
白脱 白脫 bái tuō (loanword) butter
灌迷魂汤 灌迷魂湯 guàn mí hún tāng to butter sb up / to try to impress sb
代可可脂 dài kě kě zhī (loanword) cocoa butter substitute
圆形面包 圓形麵包 yuán xíng miàn bāo bun
叉烧包 叉燒包 chā shāo bāo steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork
丫髻 yā jì bun (of hair) / topknot
奶黄包 奶黃包 nǎi huáng bāo custard bun
芝麻包 zhī ma bāo sesame bun
莲蓉包 蓮蓉包 lián róng bāo lotus seed bun
豆蓉包 dòu róng bāo bean paste bun
银丝卷 銀絲捲 yín sī juǎn yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
馂馅 餕餡 jùn xiàn stuffing / forcemeat / filling, e.g. in a bun 包子[bao3 zi5] or ravioli 餃子|饺子[jiao3 zi5]
菜包子 cài bāo zi steamed bun stuffed with vegetables / (fig.) useless person / a good-for-nothing
生煎 shēng jiān shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
刈包 guà bāo popular Taiwan snack, similar to a hamburger, steamed bun stuffed with pork, pickled vegetables, peanut powder and cilantro
髺 kuò hair rolled up in a bun
脏脏包 髒髒包 zāng zāng bāo pastry bun filled with chocolate and covered with cocoa powder
肉包子打狗 ròu bāo zi dǎ gǒu lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom) / fig. to flush (one's money or efforts) down the toilet / to kiss sth goodbye
水煎包 shuǐ jiān bāo pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling
总角 總角 zǒng jiǎo (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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