hum bow
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese. The first element appears to be unclear, either 鹹/咸 (haam4, “salty”)[1] or 餡/馅 (haam6-2, “filling”). The second element is certainly 包 (baau1, “bun”), related to English baozi.
Noun
[edit]hum bow (countable and uncountable, plural hum bows)
- (Northwestern US) char siu bao with browned glazed bread
- Hypernym: bao