shumai
noun [ C ] uk/ˈʃuː.maɪ/ us/ʃuːˈmaɪ/ shumai
烧卖
a small Chinese or Japanese dumpling (= a small piece of dough filled with meat or fish) cooked in steam
The chicken was a little overcooked, but the shumai were very good. 鸡肉有点过头了，不过烧卖很好吃。
crab shumai 蟹肉烧卖
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- We started out with the normal shumai (steamed pork and shrimp dumplings).
- There are many regional varieties of shumai in China, such as the Huhhot version, the Cantonese version and the version from the Jiangnan region.
- The teriyaki chicken my friend got in her bento box was very good but she didn't love her shumai.