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lemon chicken

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A Chinese-style dish of fried, sometimes battered chicken in a thick, sweet lemon-flavoured sauce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دجاج بالليمون — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Chinese Mandarin: 檸檬雞 /柠檬鸡 (níngméngjī) — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西檸雞 /西柠鸡 (xīníngjī) — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Finnish: sitruunakana — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Finnish: kiinalainen sitruunakana — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • French: poulet au citron — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Italian: pollo al limone — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Japanese: レモンチキン (remon chikin) — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Korean: 레몬 치킨 (remon chikin) — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Persian: مرغ لیمویی — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Spanish: pollo al limón — a Chinese-style dish of fried
  • Tamil: எலுமிச்சை கோழி (elumiccai kōḻi) — a Chinese-style dish of fried