Meanings
nounmoo goo gai pan (uncountable)
alternative mogu-jipian · alternative mogujipian · alternative mo gu ji pian
- uncountableAn Americanized version of a certain Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables such as snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage.
Origin
Borrowed from Taishanese 蘑菇雞片／蘑菇鸡片 (mo³ gu¹ gai¹ pen^(1*), literally “sliced chicken with button mushrooms”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 蘑菇雞片 /蘑菇鸡片
- 蘑菇雞片 /蘑菇鸡片dish
Chinese Mandarin 蘑菇雞片 /蘑菇鸡片
- 蘑菇雞片 /蘑菇鸡片 (mógū jīpiàn)dish
Polish moo goo gai pan
- moo goo gai pandish
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Chicago
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