also: タンユエン · タンユェン
noun
tangyuan; glutinous rice dumpling
A Chinese sweet dumpling made from glutinous rice flour, often filled with sweet paste and served in soup. Eaten especially during the Lantern Festival.
from Chinese tuányuán
元宵節には湯円を食べる習慣がある。
There is a custom of eating tangyuan during the Lantern Festival.
この店の湯円はゴマあんが入っていて美味しい。
The tangyuan at this shop have black sesame paste inside and are delicious.
Alternate katakana spelling closer to the Mandarin pronunciation.
Less common katakana variant; may be encountered in some contexts.
Borrowed from Chinese 湯圓/汤圆 (tāngyuán), literally 'soup round', referring to the round dumplings served in soup.