Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Cantonese dish of chicken, mushrooms, vegetables, and spices sautéed together.
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- noun An Americanized version of the
Cantonese dish, usually a simplestir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubedchicken with whitebutton mushrooms and other vegetables such assnow peas ,bamboo shoots ,water chestnuts andChinese cabbage .
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- noun a Cantonese dish of chicken and sauteed vegetables
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Cantonese mo4 gu1 gai1 pin3, akin to Chinese (Mandarin) mógu jī piàn : mógu, mushroom + jī, chicken (from Middle Chinese kjiaj) + piàn, slice (from Middle Chinese phjian`).]
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From Cantonese names of the ingredients: 蘑菇 (mo4 gu1, "button mushrooms"); 鸡 (gai1, "chicken"); 片 (pin3, "slice")
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bilby commented on the word moo goo gai pan
Does sound fun, palooka!
November 5, 2008