shumai

English

Shumai

Alternative forms

shao mai, shaomai
siu mai, siumai
shu mai
sui maai; shui mai

Etymology

From Cantonese 燒賣／烧卖 (siu1 maai6-2).

Noun

shumai (plural shumai or shumais)

A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum.
- 2009 May 31, Joanne Starkey, “Old-School Chinese With Efforts at Fusion”, in New York Times‎:
  Hot and sour soup, shrimp toast, shumai, General Tso’s chicken, pork with garlic sauce, beef with asparagus, hot and spicy shrimp, sushi deluxe, cheesecake, fried bananas, litchi sherbet.

Translations

a traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum

Chinese:
Cantonese: 燒賣, 烧卖 (siu¹ maai⁶^-²)

Mandarin: 燒賣 (zh), 烧卖 (zh) (shāomài)
Japanese: 焼売 (ja) (シュウマイ, shūmai)

Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: siyomay
Thai: ขนมจีบ (th) (kà-nǒm-jìip)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} xíu mại

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