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moo goo gai pan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
moo -goo -gai -pan
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Americanized version of a certain Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables such as snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Taishanese 蘑菇雞片／蘑菇鸡片 (mo³ gu¹ gai¹ pen^(1*), literally “sliced chicken with button mushrooms”).

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Inflected Forms

mogu-jipian (alternative) mogujipian (alternative) mo gu ji pian (alternative)

Questions

What does moo goo gai pan mean?
An Americanized version of a certain Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables such as snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage.
Where does moo goo gai pan come from?
Borrowed from Taishanese 蘑菇雞片／蘑菇鸡片 (mo³ gu¹ gai¹ pen^(1*), literally “sliced chicken with button mushrooms”).

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