Etymology

kee chang

Today it means: Alkaline zongzi (a Chinese dessert, sometimes filled with a sweet paste) Full definition →

Hokkien 鹼粽 /碱粽
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The story

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from鹼粽 /碱粽
  2. English todaykee chang

From Hokkien 鹼粽 /碱粽 (kiⁿ-chàng).

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