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Char siu

2 stages from Cantonese to English.

Today it means a Cantonese style of barbecue pork, glazed and roasted until sweet and caramelized
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Stage 1 of 2
cha siu
Cantonese · medieval
"fork roasted"
literally fork roasted, describing meat skewered and roasted over fire
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Stage 2 of 2
char siu
English · 1900s
"sweet, roasted Cantonese barbecue pork"
adopted directly for the sweet, roasted Cantonese barbecue pork
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