筒子米糕 tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo

DEFINITIONS

  1. rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)

CHARACTERS

筒 tǒng thick piece of bamboo; pipe
子 zǐ offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch
米 mǐ hulled or husked uncooked rice
糕 gāo cakes, pastry