Talk:Beef ball

Niuwan

Doesn't this mean "cow ball"? Or is the "rou" part just understood, and it means "beef ball"? Badagnani 03:21, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I know beef ball has been used many times. I have not heard any other usage. Benjwong 16:22, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

My question was, why is the character for "cow" used, but not also the character for meat? Badagnani 21:44, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Why is it not called 牛肉丸, which seems like it would be more proper? Badagnani 03:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately I have no idea. Benjwong 03:39, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe that its called this because this is different from the dim sum variant, in which case 牛肉丸 would be correct. Jon914 09:02, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Ball or pellet

Also, does 丸 mean "ball" or "pellet," or "little ball"? It's a different character than that used for steamed meatball. Badagnani 03:21, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Don't know why they chose that character. It is different thats for sure. Benjwong 16:22, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

貢丸

貢丸 just removed from article. If this is a different food, an article needs to be created for it under the most commonly used English name/translation or the most commonly used Chinese or dialect name. Badagnani (talk) 04:11, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

for your information, 貢丸 is a kind of pork ball. See zh:貢丸. — HenryLi (Talk) 04:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)