만두

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 饅頭 (“a form of dumpling in Korean cuisine”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ma̠ndu]
• Phonetic hangul: [만두]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mandu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mandu
McCune–Reischauer?	mandu
Yale Romanization?	mantwu

Noun

만두 • (mandu) (hanja 饅頭)

1. mandu, a form of dumpling in Korean cuisine
2. mantou (Chinese steamed bun)

Derived terms

• 갈비만두 (galbimandu, “galbi mandu”)
• 군만두 (gunmandu, “fried dumpling”)
• 물만두 (mulmandu, “boiled dumpling”)
• 새우만두 (sae'umandu, “shrimp mandu”)
• 찐만두 (jjinmandu, “steamed dumpling”)
• 만두소 (manduso, “bun stuffing”)
• 만둣국 (mandutguk, “dumpling soup”)

Descendants

• → English: mandu

Further reading

• 만두 in Korean-English Learners' Dictionary, National Institute of Korean Language, cc by-sa 2.0 kr.