Etymology

shaomai

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Mandarin 燒賣 /烧卖
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from燒賣 /烧卖
  2. English todayshaomai

Borrowed from Mandarin 燒賣 /烧卖 (shāomài).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.