[求教解疑]汤圆用英语要怎么说?

Dumpling 口语里通常只用来表示“水饺”

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除了上文Encarta的释义，请看Collins和OED对该词的英文解释：

Collins: Dumplings are small lumps of dough that are cooked and eaten, either with meat and vegetables or as part of a sweet pudding.

OED: A kind of pudding consisting of a mass of paste or dough, more or less globular in form, either plain and boiled, or inclosing fruit and boiled or baked.

由此可知汤圆的英文名，dumpling表示饺子或汤圆（元宵）都可以。

另，就我所看到的材料汤圆的英文名，现在已经越来越用jiaozi来代替dumpling表示“饺子”了，这大概和文化传播的兴盛态势有关，毕竟dumpline和饺子或汤圆（元宵）并无绝对的等价关系。就我个人而言，在新闻编译和正规文体会分别用采用ravioli-like dumplings和jiaozi (ravioli-like dumplings)来表示“饺子”。