| meat; flesh | circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(肉圓) | 肉 | 圓 | |
| simp.(肉圆) | 肉 | 圆 | |
| anagram | 圓肉／圆肉 | ||
| Literally: “meat circle”. | |||
肉圓
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 肉丸,肉丸子,肉球 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 肉丸 |
| Singapore | 肉圓 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 肉圓子 |
| Liuzhou | 肉圓 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 肉圓兒 |
| Yangzhou | 劗肉 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 肉丸 |
| Dongguan | 肉丸 | |
| Hakka | Yudu | 肉丸子,肉丸 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 肉丸 | |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 肉丸 | |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 肉丸 | |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 肉丸 | |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 肉丸 | |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 肉丸 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 肉圓仔 |
| Quanzhou | 肉圓仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 肉圓仔 | |
| New Taipei(Pingxi) | 肉丸 | |
| Kaohsiung(Cijin) | 肉丸仔 | |
| Kaohsiung(Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 肉丸 | |
| Tainan | 肉丸 | |
| Tainan(Anping) | 肉丸 | |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 肉圓 | |
| Shantou | 肉圓 | |
| Jieyang | 肉圓 | |
| Haikou | 肉丸 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 肉圓 |
| Shanghai(Chongming) | 肉圓 | |
| Danyang | 肉圓 | |
| Hangzhou | 肉圓兒 | |
| Ningbo | 肉圓 | |
| Wenzhou | 肉圓 | |