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Photo
Fried sesame balls with a sweet filling (芝麻煎堆仔) 02
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Ecritures
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
Sesame balls and sticks
By
Fumikas Sagisavas
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CC0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

麻球

máqiú
Also on menus as 麻团, 煎堆, 芝麻球
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一个麻球 gè

Meanings

  1. 1 sesame ball

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 小吃 Snack

A ball of glutinous rice dough rolled in sesame seeds and deep-fried until puffed and golden, crisp outside and chewy inside, often with sweet red bean or lotus seed paste in the hollow centre.

Usually contains sesame

Examples

HSK 4
早餐我吃了两个麻球。
Zǎocān wǒ chī le liǎng gè máqiú.
I had two sesame balls for breakfast.
HSK 7-9
麻球外酥里软。
Máqiú wài sū lǐ ruǎn.
Sesame balls are crispy outside and soft inside.

Tips

usage
Called 煎堆 in Cantonese dim sum. 麻 here means sesame (short for 芝麻); the ball puffs up hollow when fried.

Stroke Order

麻 má
球 qiú