subgum
American
[suhb-guhm]
/ ˈsʌbˈgʌm /
adjective
Chinese or Chinese-American Cooking.
Etymology
Origin of subgum
1935–40; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) sahp-gám, akin to Chinese shíjǐn literally, ten brocades
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