チャーシュー

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See also: 叉焼

Japanese

Alternative spelling
叉焼 (rare)
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チャーシュー: a bowl of ramen topped wih char siu.

Etymology

Borrowing from Chinese 叉燒叉烧 (“pork roast”),[1][2][3][4][5] more specifically from Cantonese 叉燒叉烧 (caa1 siu1).

Pronunciation

Noun

チャーシュー (chāshū

  1. char siu (pork rolled into a log shape and braised, a common ramen topping)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN