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youtiao

Today it means: A type of deep-fried dough stick eaten in China and other East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Full definition →

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Borrowed from Mandarin 油條／油条 (yóutiáo).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.