won ton

or won·ton

[won ton]

noun

(in Chinese cooking) a dumpling filled with minced pork and spices, usually boiled in and served with soup but sometimes fried as a side dish.

a soup containing won tons.

Origin of won ton

1930–35; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) wàhn tān, akin to Chinese húntun dumpling

Can be confusedwanton won ton

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Contemporary Examples of wonton

They got broccoli/Even chicken wings… I like the egg rolls/And the wonton soup.
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British Dictionary definitions for wonton

won ton

noun Chinese cookery

a dumpling filled with spiced minced pork, usually served in soup

soup containing such dumplings

Word Origin for won ton

from Chinese (Cantonese) wan t'an pastry

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Word Origin and History for wonton

also won ton, 1948, from Cantonese Pinyin wan t'an, Mandarin hun tun "stuffed dumpling."