red tortoise cake in English

Forms: red tortoise cakes [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Calque of Hokkien 紅龜粿 /红龟粿 (âng-ku-kóe, literally “red tortoise cake”). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|nan-hbl|紅龜粿|lit=red tortoise cake|tr=âng-ku-kóe}} Calque of Hokkien 紅龜粿 /红龟粿 (âng-ku-kóe, literally “red tortoise cake”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} red tortoise cake (plural red tortoise cakes)

Inflected forms

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        "A small, sweet, round Chinese dumpling with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling, moulded to resemble a tortoise shell."
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"red tortoise cake" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms