shabu-shabu

See also: shabushabu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu); onomatopoeic, resembling the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the pot.

Noun

shabu-shabu (uncountable)

1. A Japanese dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables, cooked piece by piece in hot water at the table by the diners.

Translations

a Japanese dish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涮涮鍋／涮涮锅 (shuànshuànguō)

• Japanese: しゃぶしゃぶ (ja) (shabushabu)
• Korean: 샤부샤부 (syabusyabu)
• Russian: ся́бу-ся́бу n (sjábu-sjábu)
• Thai: ชาบูชาบู (chaa-buu-chaa-buu)

See also

• hot pot, hotpot
• steamboat
• sukiyaki

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Noun

shabu-shabu

1. Nonstandard spelling of sabu-sabu (“meth”).

Etymology 2

Noun

shabu-shabu

1. Nonstandard spelling of syabu-syabu (“meth”).

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• syabu-syabu
• Shabu Shabu

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese shabushabu, the Hepburn romaji of しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʃabu ˈʃabu/ [ˌʃaː.bʊ ˈʃaː.bʊ]
• Rhymes: -abu
• Syllabification: sha‧bu-sha‧bu

Noun

shabu-shabu (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜊᜓ)

1. shabu-shabu (Japanese hotpot dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables)
2. Ellipsis of shabu-shabu restaurant.