egg foo yung
or egg fu yung
[ foo yuhng ]
/ ˈfu ˈyʌŋ /
noun Chinese-American Cookery.
a dish of a pancake-shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods.
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Origin of egg foo yung
< dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) fùh yùhng, equivalent to Chinese fúrong egg white, literally, the name of a kind of hibiscus
Words nearby egg foo yung
egg cell, egg cluster, egg coal, egg cream, egg cup, egg foo yung, egg in your beer, egg membrane, egg on, egg on one's face, have, egg roll
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