粽子的英文是"rice dumpling"，包粽子則是"make rice dumplings"。例如，可以寫一篇英文作文描述端午節包粽子的過程：
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a grand festival for the countryside. Now there are more and more varieties of zongzi, such as honey fillings, meat fillings, red dates fillings, green beans fillings and so on. I like meat fillings best. Today I will make a meat dumpling myself. I took out the leaves and made a funnel. I put the glutinous rice into it, then put the pork in it, seal the mouth with the leaves, and finally bind it with the thread. A zongzi is finished. My mother put the dumplings into the pot and said, "You go to the sports channel first, and it will take 20 minutes for the dumplings to cook." I turned on the TV and pressed the sports channel to see the dragon boat race. There are many dragon boats sliding in the lake. The sailors are trying to slide forward with their oars for fear of falling behind. There are a lot of people on the shore。