shabu-shabu

Borrowed from Japanese しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu); onomatopoeic, resembling the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the pot.

shabu-shabu (uncountable)

1. A Japanese dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables, cooked piece by piece in hot water at the table by the diners.

• hot pot, hotpot
• steamboat
• sukiyaki

shabu-shabu

1. nonstandard spelling of sabu-sabu (“meth”)

shabu-shabu

1. nonstandard spelling of syabu-syabu (“meth”)

• syabu-syabu
• Shabu Shabu

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese shabushabu, the Hepburn romaji of しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʃabu ˈʃabu/ [ˌʃaː.bʊ ˈʃaː.bʊ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌsjabu ˈsjabu/ [ˌsjaː.bʊ ˈsjaː.bʊ]
• Rhymes: -abu
• Syllabification: sha‧bu-sha‧bu

shabu-shabu (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜊᜓ)

1. shabu-shabu (Japanese hotpot dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables)
2. ellipsis of shabu-shabu restaurant