shumai

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6

Definition of shumai

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Canada, US)A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum.
    “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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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 焼売 (shūmai), from Cantonese 燒賣 /烧卖 (siu¹ maai⁶⁻²).

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