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Samsui chicken

Samsui chicken noun: a dish of boiled or steamed chicken wrapped in lettuce, served with garlic sauce or ginger sauce.

Noun

Samsui chicken (uncountable)

  1. (Singapore) A dish of boiled or steamed chicken wrapped in lettuce, served with garlic sauce or ginger sauce.

Origin of Samsui chicken

From Cantonese 三水 (saam¹ seoi²) + chicken.

Questions about Samsui chicken

What does Samsui chicken mean?
Samsui chicken means a dish of boiled or steamed chicken wrapped in lettuce, served with garlic sauce or ginger sauce.
What part of speech is Samsui chicken?
Samsui chicken is a noun.

Words near Samsui chicken in the dictionary

  1. samsquanch
  2. samsquanches
  3. Samstagern
  4. samsu
  5. Samsui
  6. Samsui chicken
  7. Samsui woman
  8. Samsui women
  9. samsum
  10. Samsun
  11. Samsung

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