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'''''Zongzi''''' ({{zh|{{Audio|Zongzi_pronunciation.wav|粽子|help=no}}}}; {{respell|ZOHNG|zih}}), '''''rouzong''''' ({{zh|c=肉粽|poj=bah-càng}}), or simply '''''zong''''' ({{zh|c=糉|j=zung<sup>2</sup>}}) is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of [[glutinous rice]] stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in [[bamboo]] leaves. Fillings can be either sweet, such as [[red bean paste]], or savory, such as [[pork belly]] or [[Chinese sausage]]. The bamboo for wrapping the ''zongzi'' is (generally of the species ''[[Indocalamus tessellatus]]''), oralthough sometimes with [[common reed|reed]] or other large flat leaves may be used. They''Zongzi'' are cooked by steaming or boiling.<ref name="Roufs Roufs 2014 p. 81">{{cite book | last1=Roufs | first1=T.G. | last2=Roufs | first2=K.S. | title=Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-61069-221-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_eCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 | access-date=November 5, 2016 | page=81}}</ref> People in the [[Eastern world]] often translate this dish into English as '''rice dumplings''' or '''sticky rice dumplings''', although the Chinese government has registered ''Zongzi'' as the formal name in global use.<ref>{{cite web |title=還在叫「rice dumpling」？ 陸推動「國際統一標準」粽子英文 |url=https://www.ettoday.net/news/20200625/1746438.htm |website=[[ETtoday]] |lang=zh-Hant|access-date=2023-12-31 |date=2020-06-25}}</ref>
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