Etymology

siu mei

Today it means: Meat roasted on spits over an open fire or wood burning rotisserie oven, as in Cantonese cuisine. Full definition →

Cantonese 燒味 /烧味
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The story

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from燒味 /烧味
  2. English todaysiu mei

From Cantonese 燒味 /烧味 (siu¹ mei⁶⁻²). Doublet of shaowei.

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