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語源

Borrowed from Mandarin 饅頭／馒头 (mántou). Doublet of mandu, manju, and manti.

発音

• enPR: män′tō′
• ハイフネーション: man‧tou

名詞

mantou (plural mantou or mantous)

1. Chinese steamed bun (without any filling)
   • 2010 May, Blossom Kan, Michelle Yu, chapter 16, in Young, Restless, and Broke, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 249:

     “You sit down and eat mantous and soy milk,” she ordered.

   • 2011, Marc Levy, translated by Sarah Black, “Province of Shaanxi”, in The First Day: A Novel, Toronto, Ont.: McArthur & Company, →ISBN, page 461:

     They brought us tea, rice and mantous – little steamed buns.

     [original: On nous apporta du thé, du riz et des mantous – des petits pains de farine de blé.]

   • 2017, Julia Lin, “Leaving Manchuria”, in Shadows of the Crimson Sun: One Man’s Life in Manchuria, Taiwan, and North America, Toronto, Ont.: Mawenzi House, →ISBN, page 55:

     He wished he had more of the mantous that they’d been given in Shanghai. His younger sister couldn’t stop remarking how delicious the Chinese breads were. The mantous had been a welcome change from the muei (Chinese porridge) on which they had been subsisting for so long.

参考

• baozi

アナグラム

• amount, moutan, outman, tomaun