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Popiah
(Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pȯh-piáⁿ) is a Fujian / Chaozhou style spring roll that is common in
Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Popiah is often eaten in Fujian
province, China (usually in Xiamen) and neighboring Chaoshan (and by Teochew
and Hokkien diaspora in various regions throughout Southeast Asia) during the
Qingming Celebration.
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In the dialect of Teochew
(Chaozhou), popiah is read "Bo-BEE-a" (薄餅
仔). which
means "skinny wafer". In a variant of the Hokkien dialect, the food
is also commonly referred to as "lun-BEE-a" (潤
餅
仔),
which is believed to be the origin of why the food is called "spring
roll" in Indonesia and the Philippines. The food is sometimes referred to
as runbing (潤 餅) or baobing (薄饼) in Mandarin, as well as bópíjuǎn (薄皮
卷).
"Popiah" entered English from Malay in 1986.
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