Etymology

siomai

sio·mai
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Today it means: A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served as part of the dim sum menu. Full definition →

Hokkien 燒賣 /烧卖 ← Cantonese 燒賣 /烧卖
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  1. Cantonese · derived from燒賣 /烧卖
  2. Hokkien · borrowed from燒賣 /烧卖
  3. English todaysiomai

Borrowed from Hokkien 燒賣 /烧卖 (sio-mai, sio-māi), from Cantonese 燒賣 /烧卖 (siu¹ maai⁶⁻²). Doublet of shumai and siew mai.

Words from the same roots

Cantonese燒賣 all →

shumai

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.