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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Nearby words
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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
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