Word: 汤圆 (tāngyuán) Traditional: 湯圓 汤圆 dictionary entry tāngyuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival Full dictionary entry for 汤圆 Example sentences using 汤圆 3 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 在我们这儿，正月十五要吃汤圆。 Zài wǒmen zhèr, zhēngyuè shíwǔ yào chī tāngyuán. Where we live, people eat sweet rice dumplings on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. 妈妈煮的汤圆又软又甜。 Māma zhǔ de tāngyuán yòu ruǎn yòu tián. The glutinous rice balls Mom cooked are soft and sweet. 小心，刚煮好的汤圆很烫。 Xiǎoxīn, gāng zhǔ hǎo de tāngyuán hěn tàng. Careful, freshly cooked tangyuan are very hot.