shumai

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Cantonese 燒賣 / 烧卖 (siu1 maai6-2), when the initial of the first syllable was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Noun

shumai (plural shumai or shumais)

  1. A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum.
    • 2009 May 31, Joanne Starkey, “Old-School Chinese With Efforts at Fusion”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Hot and sour soup, shrimp toast, shumai, General Tso’s chicken, pork with garlic sauce, beef with asparagus, hot and spicy shrimp, sushi deluxe, cheesecake, fried bananas, litchi sherbet.

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