Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soong

/sˈuŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: soong
IPA: /sˈuŋ/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

In American Chinese cuisine, minced meat or vegetables.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"shrimp soong"
"lobster soong"
"vegetable soong"
"Vegetable soong was a medley of mostly fresh ingredients (frozen peas were the exception) served in a lettuce wrapper - agreeable but rather underseasoned. They would have benefited from a sauce for dipping. Spicy cold vegetables featured strips of red-peppered Chinese cabbage."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (sòng).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Soongs (plural) Sung (alternative) Song (alternative)

Phrases

pork sung

Frequently Paired Words

pork sung

Rhymes With

leung cheung yeung choong

Questions

How do you pronounce soong?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈuŋ/.
What does soong mean?: A surname.
Where does soong come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (sòng).

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