samgyetang

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noun

A Korean soup consisting of a young chicken filled with rice, garlic and jujube and spiced with ginseng.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounsamgyetang (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Korean soup consisting of a young chicken filled with rice, garlic and jujube and spiced with ginseng.

Origin

  1. Korean삼계탕(蔘鷄湯)
  2. Englishsamgyetang

Borrowed from Korean 삼계탕(蔘鷄湯) (samgyetang), Sino-Korean word literally meaning “chicken soup with ginseng”.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 人蔘雞湯 /人𦲞鸡汤
  • 人蔘雞湯 /人𦲞鸡汤 (jan⁴ sam¹ gai¹ tong¹)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
Chinese Mandarin 蔘雞湯 /𦲞鸡汤, 参鸡汤
  • 蔘雞湯 /𦲞鸡汤 (shēnjītāng)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • 参鸡汤 (sēn jītāng)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
Greek σάμγκιετανγκ
  • σάμγκιετανγκ (sámgkietangk)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
Japanese サムゲタン, 参鶏湯
  • サムゲタン (samugetan)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • 参鶏湯 (samugetan)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
Korean 삼계탕, 계삼탕
  • 삼계탕 (samgyetang)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • 계삼탕 (gyesamtang)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • 반계탕 (ban'gyetang)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • 닭곰탕 (Munhwaŏ)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
Russian самгета́нг
  • самгета́нг (samgetáng)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
Thai ซัมกเยทัง
  • ซัมกเยทัง (samkàyeethaŋ)Korean chicken soup with ginseng
Vietnamese sâm kê thang
  • sâm kê thangKorean chicken soup with ginseng
Cite this entry
APA

samgyetang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samgyetang

MLA

“samgyetang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samgyetang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “samgyetang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samgyetang.

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