Assignment #3 corpus
The following sentences about the speaking of 粽子 in English are found in website which is introduced by teacher:
- To pay off a debt of NT$1 million to a cooperative loan club, these women sell rice dumplings and give the proceeds to the club; this money is then used to do good deeds.
- According to the custom of Taiwan and southern Fukien, families in mourning are not supposed to make nien-kao or tzung-tzu for the holidays, but they can be given some as a present by their neighbors.
- "I've waited eleven years!" said Mr. Chen, who lives in Kaohsiung, as he viewed the scenery and ate his tsung tzu (a large dumpling of glutinous rice).
Other speaking of 粽子 in English are found in Yahoo:
- Steamed rice dumpling
- wrapped in bamboo leaves
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