Shumai
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 焼売 (shūmai) and its etymon Cantonese 燒賣 /烧卖 (siu1 maai6-2).