English for food to be eaten on Chinese festivals

dumplings soup dumplings (Lantern Festival), rice dumplings zongzi (Dragon Boat Festival), moon cake mooncakes (Mid-Autumn Festival), rice cakes Chongyang cakes (Chongyang Festival), boiled dumplings dumplings (Winter Solstice Festival), and so on.

1, dumplings

English [?d?mpl?z] American [?d?mpl?z]?

n. small dough; soup dumplings; dumplings; fruit pudding

Example sentences:

I?prefer?dumplings?which?have?just?been?cooked.?

I prefer dumplings which have just been cooked.

2. rice dumpling

English [ra?s ?d?mpl?]? American [ra?s ?d?mpl?]?

Zongzi; soup dumplings; meat dumplings

Example sentence:

Zongzi?is?a?kind?of?rice?dumpling?wrapped?in?bamboo?or?reed?leaves?to?form?a?pyramid. bamboo or reed leaves wrapped in a prismatic shape.

3. moon cake

English [mu?n ke?k] American [mu?n ke?k]?

n. moon cake (Chinese food)

Example sentence:

I?like?the?moon?cake?with?nuts?in?it.?

I like the moon cake with nuts inside.

4. rice cakes

English [ra?s ke?ks] American [ra?s ke?ks]?

Nian gao; hair cake; rice cake; Chongyang cake; glutinous rice cake

Example sentences:

She?made?some?rice?cakes?for?you.?

She made you some rice cakes.

5. boiled dumplings

English [b?ld ?d?mpl?z]? American [b?ld ?d?mpl?z]?

Dumplings

Example sentence:

The?boiled?dumplings?are?too?hot?to?be?eaten.?

The dumplings are too hot to be eaten.