hum bow

English

Alternative forms

• humbow, hum bao, humbao, hom bow, hombow

Etymology

Cantonese. The first element appears to be unclear, either 鹹／咸 (haam4, “salty”) or 餡／馅 (haam6-2, “filling”). The second element is certainly 包 (baau1, “bun”), related to English baozi.

Noun

hum bow (countable and uncountable, plural hum bows)

1. (Northwestern US) char siu bao with browned glazed bread

   Hypernym: bao

Translations

char siu bao

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 叉燒餐包／叉烧餐包 (caa¹ siu¹ caan¹ baau¹)