Definition

1. Noun:
   • A truncated cone of sticky rice: A traditional Vietnamese offering cake, molded into the shape of a truncated cone, typically made from steamed glutinous rice or roasted glutinous rice flour.
   • A ritual offering cake: A food item specifically prepared for use in worship and religious ceremonies.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trên bàn thờ có đặt những chiếc oản trắng tinh. (There are pristine white oản cakes placed on the altar.)
  • Oản thường được làm từ xôi nếp hoặc bột nếp rang. (Oản is usually made from sticky rice or roasted glutinous rice flour.)

Advanced Usage

• "Phẩm oản": Refers to as a ceremonial item or offering.
  • Lễ vật gồm có hoa quả, trầu cau và phẩm oản. (The ceremonial offerings include fruits, betel and areca nuts, and oản cakes.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bánh khảo: A type of dry cake made from roasted glutinous rice flour, often similar in ingredient to but not necessarily in the truncated cone shape.
  • Bà ngoại thích ăn bánh khảo. (My grandmother likes to eat bánh khảo.)

Synonyms

• Lễ vật: Offering, ritual item (a broader term for things used in worship).
• Bánh cúng: Offering cake (a general term for cakes used in worship).

Notes on Meaning

• The word "oản" is almost exclusively used in the context of Vietnamese traditional rituals, worship, and ancestral offerings. It is not a common food in daily meals.
• Its distinctive truncated cone shape is a key identifying feature.

1. Truncated cone of sticky rice
2. Truncated-cone-shaped cake (made of roast glutinous rice flour)