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har gow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
har -gow
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of traditional Cantonese shrimp dumpling; the outer skin is translucent and the filling is made of shrimp.

Etymology

From Cantonese 蝦餃／虾饺 (haa1 gaau2).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ha gow (alternative) ha kao (alternative) hakaw (alternative) har gau (alternative) hau kau (alternative)

Questions

What does har gow mean?
A type of traditional Cantonese shrimp dumpling; the outer skin is translucent and the filling is made of shrimp.
Where does har gow come from?
From Cantonese 蝦餃／虾饺 (haa1 gaau2).

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