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kung po

kung po is the alternative spelling of kung pao.

Meaning of kung pao

Noun

kung pao (uncountable)

  1. A Sichuan dish of chicken, pork, etc. with peanuts, chilis, etc.
    • kung pao chicken

Origin of kung po

Probably from Cantonese 宮保 /宫保 (gung¹ bou²).

Questions about kung po

What is kung po the alternative spelling of?
Kung po is the alternative spelling of kung pao.

Words near kung po in the dictionary

  1. kung fued
  2. kung fuing
  3. Kung Hei Fat Choi
  4. Kung Kung
  5. kung pao
  6. kung po
  7. kung pow penis
  8. kung-fu
  9. kunga
  10. Kungala
  11. Kungan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kung po (page history and authors); 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.

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