Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dim sim

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: dim sim
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various kinds of Chinese-style meat and cabbage dumplings, similar to shumai and other dim sum and usually steamed or deep fried. Commonly offered by Chinese restaurants and fish-and-chip shops.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

Example Sentences

"For the defence, James Harris, of Northcote, said he had put a bottle of beer in his hip pocket at home, and went to the cafe to buy some dim-sims."
"On the walls about were the hieroglyphic markings of the craft. Across this scene wafted the pungent fragrance of chop suey, dim sims and other delicacies in course of preparation for the funeral feast."
"No Chinese meal is complete without some succulent dim sims (pork minced with water chestnuts and enclosed in paste), and such sweets as honeyed lychee nuts and honeyed ginger."
"There was feasting and joy from Shanghai to the Wall, What with dim-sims, chop-suey and crackers and all, And the donor of these, by the hook of my crook. Was Chiang Ki-Konglong, the Mandarin Cook."
"One night my husband twisted my arms behind my back and said he had seen me in Bourke street with a Chinaman, eating dim sims."

Etymology

Alteration of dim sum.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dim sims (plural)

Synonyms

dimmie

Questions

What does dim sim mean?: Any of various kinds of Chinese-style meat and cabbage dumplings, similar to shumai and other dim sum and usually steamed or deep fried. Commonly offered by Chinese restaurants and fish-and-chip shops.
Where does dim sim come from?: Alteration of dim sum.

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