batchoy

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noun

Noodles mixed with pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, and beef loin.

OriginHiligaynon batsoy →
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Meanings

nounbatchoy (countable and uncountable, plural batchoys)

plural batchoys

  1. PhilippinescountableuncountableNoodles mixed with pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, and beef loin.

Origin

  1. Hiligaynonbatsoy
  2. Englishbatchoy

Borrowed from Hiligaynon batsoy, from Hokkien, either 肉碎 (bah-chhùi, “minced meat”, literally “meat pieces”) or 肉水 (bah-chúi, literally “meat water”). See also chop suey, Hokkien 肉脞麵 /肉脞面 (bah-chhò-mī), Hokkien 碎肉 (chhùi-bah / chhùi-mah).

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