noun
shumai
Shumai (noun) means a steamed Chinese pork dumpling often served as part of dim sum.
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A steamed Chinese pork dumpling often served as part of 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."
— Joanne Starkey, Old-School Chinese With Efforts at Fusion (2009)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 焼売 (shūmai), which came from Cantonese 燒賣 /烧卖 (siu¹ maai⁶⁻²).
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"shumai" (noun) means a steamed Chinese pork dumpling often served as part of dim sum.
