hopia

H4O1P3I1A1
Philippines/ˈhɔp.jɐ/Philippines/ˈhɔp.jɐʔ/

noun

A flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.)

OriginTagalog hopia ← Spanish hopia →
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Meanings

nounhopia (plural hopias)

plural hopias

  1. PhilippinesA flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.)

Origin

  1. Spanishhopia
  2. Tagaloghopia
  3. Englishhopia

Borrowed from Tagalog hopia, from Spanish hopia, from Hokkien, possibly 好餅 /好饼 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948). See also Early Manila Hokkien 香餅 /香饼 (hioⁿ-piáⁿ, literally “fragrant pastry”), Indonesian bakpia. Compare Cebuano hopya.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 侯皮亞 /侯皮亚, 餡餅 /馅饼
  • 侯皮亞 /侯皮亚 (hóupíyà)an Indonesian and Philippine bean-filled pastry
  • 餡餅 /馅饼 (xiànbǐng)an Indonesian and Philippine bean-filled pastry
  • 肉餡餅 /肉馅饼 (ròuxiànbǐng)an Indonesian and Philippine bean-filled pastry
Indonesian bakpia
  • bakpiaan Indonesian and Philippine bean-filled pastry
Tagalog hopya
  • hopyaan Indonesian and Philippine bean-filled pastry
Cite this entry
APA

hopia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopia

MLA

“hopia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hopia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopia.

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