Meanings
nounred tortoise cake (plural red tortoise cakes)
plural red tortoise cakes
- MalaysiaSingaporeA small, sweet, round Chinese dumpling with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling, moulded to resemble a tortoise shell.
Synonyms: ang ku kueh
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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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Origin
- Hokkien紅龜粿 /红龟粿
- Englishred tortoise cake
Calque of Hokkien 紅龜粿 /红龟粿 (âng-ku-kóe, literally “red tortoise cake”).
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