kung pao
kung pao noun: a Sichuan dish of chicken, pork, etc. with peanuts, chilis, etc.
Noun
kung pao (uncountable)
Examples of kung pao in a sentence
- Speaking of those peppercorns, they feature prominently, as they should, in Shiue’s take on kung pao.2021 March 28, Joe Yonan, “Kung pao tofu is a spicy, tingly celebration of Sichuan cooking”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- A steaming plate of kung pao anything feels like the part of a fireworks show when small, bright bursts pop without deafening booms.2022 July 22, Genevieve Ko, “The Irresistible Thrill of Kung Pao”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22...
Forms of kung pao
| alternative form | gong bao |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kung po |
Origin of kung pao
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 宮保 /宫保 (kung¹-pao³, “palatial guardian”), the title of Ding Baozhen, a late Qing Dynasty official born in Guizhou.
Questions about kung pao
- What does kung pao mean?
- Kung pao means a Sichuan dish of chicken, pork, etc. with peanuts, chilis, etc.
- How do you use kung pao in a sentence?
- Speaking of those peppercorns, they feature prominently, as they should, in Shiue’s take on kung pao.
- What part of speech is kung pao?
- Kung pao is a noun.
Words near kung pao in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kung pao (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-kung pao.wav.
Cite this entry: “kung pao.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kung_pao. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.