siomai

Borrowed from Hokkien 燒賣 / 烧卖 (sio-mai, sio-māi), from Cantonese 燒賣 / 烧卖 (siu¹ maai^6-2). Doublet of shumai and siew mai.

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoː.maɪ̯/
• Hyphenation: sio‧mai

siomai (plural siomai)

1. (Philippines, Taiwan) A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served as part of the dim sum menu.

   Synonyms: shumai, siew mai, shaomai

   • 2022 June 18, “Go on a Binondo food trip this Father's Day at Lucky Chinatown”, in Manila Bulletin‎^[1], Manila: Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 June 2022:

     King Chef (2F Main Mall, 0932 323 1871) serves healthy food and authentic Cantonese cuisine in a fine dining setup. For Father's Day, treat the whole family to its dim sum platters! It has a roasted platter which includes soyed chicken, roast duck, barbecued pork asado, fried five-spice roll, and soyed cucumber with century egg. Another option is the steamed dim sum platter, where you can devour a spread of hakaw, pork & shrimp siomai, Japanese siomai, beancurd roll, and Taosi spareribs.

Borrowed from Hokkien 燒賣 / 烧卖 (sio-mai), from Cantonese 燒賣 / 烧卖 (siu¹ maai^6-2).

• IPA^(key): /siˈjomaj/ [ˈs̪jo.mɐɪ̯]

siomai

1. steamed Chinese pork dim sum dumpling

• siomaian

• siomay
• somay

Borrowed from Hokkien 燒賣 / 烧卖 (sio-māi), from Cantonese 燒賣 / 烧卖 (siu¹ maai^6-2). Compare English siomai, Tagalog siyomay, Cebuano siomai.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /siˈomai̯/ [siˈo.mai̯]
• Rhymes: -omai̯
• Syllabification: si‧o‧mai

siomai (plural siomai-siomai)

1. a steamed Chinese dumpling of various types, such as one made with fish, shrimp, chicken, pork, cabbage, potato, bitter gourd, boiled egg, tofu, etc, topped with either peanut sauce, sweet soy sauce, chili sauce, and a dash of lime juice

• As Indonesia has a Muslim-majority population, siomai is primarily not a pork-based one, but instead made with various ingredients and sauces.

• batagor

• “siomai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈomaj/ [ˈʃoː.maɪ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /siˈomaj/ [ˈsjoː.maɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -omaj
• Syllabification: si‧o‧mai

siomai (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜋᜌ᜔)

1. (common) alternative spelling of siyomay