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Samsa at Gülhan Restaurant, Beijing (20210402171539)
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N509FZ
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Samsas at Gülhan Restaurant, Beijing (20210402171423)
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N509FZ
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

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Uyghur samsa
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Mizu basyo
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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烤包子

kǎobāozi
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 samsa
  2. 2 baked lamb bun

About the dish

新疆菜 Xinjiang · 小吃 Snack

A parcel of thin wheat dough filled with diced lamb, lamb fat and onion seasoned with cumin and black pepper, baked against the wall of a clay oven until crisp. Juicy and fatty inside; the filling is very hot.

Usually contains wheat

Examples

HSK 7-9
Kǎobāozi wàipí sū cuì, lǐmiàn shì yángròu.
Samsa has a crispy crust and lamb filling.
HSK 7-9
Xīnjiāng jiētóu dàochù dōu yǒu kǎobāozi.
You can find samsa all over Xinjiang's streets.

Tips

culture
Uyghur samsa, baked stuck to the walls of a clay tonur oven. Traditionally filled with cubed lamb, onion, and cumin.

Stroke Order

烤 kǎo
包 bāo
子 zǐ