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烧麦

shāo mài

2-character word Traditional 燒麥

What 烧麦 means

1. variant of {烧卖|shāo mài}

The characters in 烧麦

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 麦màiwheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麦克风

Sounds the same

Read shāo mài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烧卖shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 烧麦

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