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疙瘩汤

疙瘩湯
gēdatāng
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 dough-drop soup

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 主食 Staple

Small lumps of flour dough cooked in a soup, usually with tomato, egg and a few greens. Soft, warming and lightly sour from the tomato. Northern home cooking.

Usually contains egg and wheat

Examples

HSK 4
Wǒ gǎnmào de shíhou, nǎinai zǒng gěi wǒ zuò yì wǎn xīhóngshì jīdàn gēdatāng.
When I have a cold, Grandma always makes me a bowl of dough-drop soup with tomato and egg.
HSK 7-9
Gēdatāng shì bǎ miànfěn jiǎochéng xiǎo gēda, fàngjìn tāng lǐ zhǔ de.
Dough-drop soup is made by stirring flour into little lumps and cooking them in broth.

Tips

usage
疙瘩 means a small lump, and also a pimple or a knot. The soup is named for its little lumps of dough.

Stroke Order

疙 gē
瘩 da
汤 tāng