Explore Wonton through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dumpling or dumplings. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Wonton meaning
A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.
Using Wonton
- The main meaning on this page is: A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.
- Useful related words include: won ton, dumpling, dumplings, wonton soup.
- In the example corpus, wonton often appears in combinations such as: wonton soup, the wonton, wonton wrappers.
Context around Wonton
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wonton
- In this selection, "wonton" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sizable, stray, broccoli, soup, wrappers and wrapper stand out and add context to how "wonton" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a crackly wonton shell with and and the wonton wrappers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wonton" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wonton
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A few stray wonton and chicken pieces couldn’t redeem it. (11 words)
Especially in takeout restaurants, wonton are often made with thicker dough skins. (12 words)
Place 2 to 3 teaspoons of filling in the center of wonton wrapper. (13 words)
In the deepest reaches of my soul (hell, as an Asian-American whose father once flipped burgers for a living), I wanted this burger to be good — as good at World of Noodles’ chicken banh mi or its wonton noddles soup or its ramen. (44 words)
But with proper planning, that is, getting her four-year-old son on a manageable routine, down to having a ‘toilet cleaning day’, The Wonton Shack and The Bored Housewife Project Fiji was born. (34 words)
The obituary noted that she filled her last days with humour, love and requests for fresh lobster, peonies and the “perfect shrimp wonton soup” – and also recognised those who had treated her differently. (33 words)
Example sentences (16)
Katie had the wonton soup, with a single, sizable wonton with good texture and plenty of vegetables.
A few stray wonton and chicken pieces couldn’t redeem it.
Place 2 to 3 teaspoons of filling in the center of wonton wrapper.
Whether it is chicken chow mein, a great lo mein, your favorite meat or seafood with broccoli, wonton soup, spring rolls, and so much more - nothing beats great Chinese food.
But with proper planning, that is, getting her four-year-old son on a manageable routine, down to having a ‘toilet cleaning day’, The Wonton Shack and The Bored Housewife Project Fiji was born.
In the deepest reaches of my soul (hell, as an Asian-American whose father once flipped burgers for a living), I wanted this burger to be good — as good at World of Noodles’ chicken banh mi or its wonton noddles soup or its ramen.
Another of our favorites is made with cheese and sausage and the wonton wrappers.
Wonton wrappers are rather easy to work with and you can be creative with them.
The obituary noted that she filled her last days with humour, love and requests for fresh lobster, peonies and the “perfect shrimp wonton soup” – and also recognised those who had treated her differently.
The taco ($16) chunks of raw tuna, cabbage slaw, in a crackly wonton shell, with a side of very credible guacamole, was quite enjoyable.
Venison was perfectly cooked and served with punchy but ultimately underwhelming shoulder wonton.
Especially in takeout restaurants, wonton are often made with thicker dough skins.
In Canton, Wonton Soup can be a full meal in itself, consisting of thin egg noodles and several pork and prawn wontons in a pork or chicken soup broth or noodle broth.
In the morning, skillful wonton sellers would make these little treats in rapid fire by clasping small dough wrappers and minced pork together in their hands.
Wonton Food attempted to expand its fortune cookie business into China in 1992, but gave up after fortune cookies were considered "too American".
Wonton Soup * Fried bean curd and vermicelli soup This is a very popular dish in Shanghai, locals normally have it for breakfast.
Common combinations with wonton
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: