慢吞吞，食雲吞
Chinese
| slow | to swallow; to take | to swallow; to take | eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
wonton; used tissue | |||
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| trad. (慢吞吞，食雲吞) | 慢 | 吞 | 吞 | ， | 食 | 雲吞 | |
| simp. (慢吞吞，食云吞) | 慢 | 吞 | 吞 | ， | 食 | 云吞 | |
Origin
Typically, wontons are served hot or either with spice; therefore, it is eaten slower.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 tan1 tan1 sik6 wan4 tan1
- Yale: maahn tān tān sihk wàhn tān
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 tan1 tan1 sik9 wan4 tan1
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 ten1 ten1 xig6 wen4 ten1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² tʰɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐn⁵⁵ sɪk̚² wɐn²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
慢吞吞，食雲吞
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) sluggish; leisurely; to describe someone slow or doing things inefficiently, typically in a joking or purposeful manner
Derived terms
- 慢吞吞 (màntūntūn)