egg fu yung
- noun
- /ˈɛɡ fu jʌŋ/
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huevo foo yong
- The chef prepared a delicious egg fu yung packed with sliced mushrooms and chicken.
Examples
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She ordered egg fu yung with shrimp at her favorite Chinese restaurant.
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My grandmother taught me how to make traditional egg fu yung for family dinners.
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I ordered an egg fu yung for breakfast.
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Have you tried egg fu yung with shrimp?
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She ordered egg fu yung with shrimp at her favorite Chinese restaurant.
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The chef prepared a delicious egg fu yung packed with sliced mushrooms and chicken.
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My grandmother taught me how to make traditional egg fu yung for family dinners.
Synonyms
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A Chinese omelette made with vegetables and meat, served with brown sauce
How Substantial
Surface Forms
Morphology
egg + fu + yung
The element 'egg' gives a clear cue that the phrase refers to an egg-based dish, but 'fu' and 'yung' are transliterated Chinese morphemes with no transparent English meanings. Because a learner could infer only a generic egg-dish sense but not the specific notion of a Chinese-style omelet with vegetables/meat and sauce, the expression is partially but not fully predictable.
Etymology
Egg fu yung comes from Chinese words egg and fu yung, which mean 'egg' and a kind of 'flower'. The cooked egg often looks soft and round like a flower, so people used that name for the Chinese-style 'omelet' with meat and vegetables.