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rousong

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ʒəʊˈsʊŋ/
  • /ɹəʊˈsɒŋ/

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noun

Meaning 1

A Chinese dried meat product with a light and fluffy texture, made by stewing cuts of pork in a sweetened soy sauce mixture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flossy pork, meat floss, meat wool, pork floss, pork sung

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Mandarin 肉鬆/肉松 (ròusōng).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 肉鬆 /肉松 — meat floss
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肉鬆 /肉松 (ròusōng) — meat floss
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肉酥 (ròusū) — meat floss
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肉絨 /肉绒 (ròuróng) — meat floss
  • Finnish: rousong — meat floss
  • French: rousong — meat floss
  • Hausa: dambū nāmā̀ — meat floss
  • Indonesian: abon — meat floss
  • Japanese: 田麩 (denbu) — meat floss
  • Khmer: បាក់យ៉ុង (bakyong) — meat floss
  • Khmer: សាច់ជ្រូកផាត់ (saccruukphat) — meat floss
  • Lao: ຫມູຝອຍ (mū-fǭi) — meat floss
  • Russian: жоусу́н (žousún) — meat floss
  • Spanish: rousong — meat floss
  • Sundanese: abon — meat floss
  • Sundanese: sawud — meat floss
  • Thai: หมูหย็อง (mǔu-yɔ̌ng) — meat floss
  • Vietnamese: ruốc — meat floss
  • Vietnamese: chà bông — meat floss