Three different words of 粽子
a. dumplings KK [ˋdʌmplɪŋ]
e.g. What are more than ten women doing in the temple, not sleeping but deftly tying the dumplings?
b. tzung-tzu
e.g. According to the custom of Taiwan, 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.
c. zong-zi
e.g. At festival times, they add chicken, onions, tomatoes and spices to the corn flour, wrapping it all up in banana leaves to create an Indian version of the Chinese "zong-zi."
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