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samgyetang

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A Korean soup consisting of a young chicken filled with rice, garlic and jujube and spiced with ginseng.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 삼계탕(蔘鷄湯) (samgyetang), Sino-Korean word literally meaning “chicken soup with ginseng”.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 人蔘雞湯 /人𦲞鸡汤 (jan4 sam1 gai1 tong1) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蔘雞湯 /𦲞鸡汤 (shēnjītāng) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Chinese Mandarin: 参鸡汤 (sēn jītāng) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Greek: σάμγκιετανγκ (sámgkietangk) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Japanese: サムゲタン (samugetan) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Japanese: 参鶏湯 (samugetan) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Korean: 삼계탕 (samgyetang) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Korean: 계삼탕 (gyesamtang) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Korean: 반계탕 (ban'gyetang) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Korean: 닭곰탕 (Munhwaŏ) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Russian: самгета́нг (samgetáng) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Thai: ซัมกเยทัง (samkàyeethaŋ) — Korean chicken soup with ginseng
  • Vietnamese: sâm kê thang — Korean chicken soup with ginseng