"dim sum" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 點心/点心 (dim² sam¹), literally “to touch the heart gently; to refresh the heart”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{zh-l|點心|tr=dim² sam¹}} 點心/点心 (dim² sam¹) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} dim sum (uncountable)
  1. A Cantonese-style meal traditionally eaten in the morning or early afternoon, comprising tea and food typically placed in small steamer baskets or on small plates, and often served from carts that move around from table to table in a restaurant. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-dim_sum-en-noun-UCg8i7vL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47
  2. The food served at a dim sum meal, typically including dumplings, seafood, and desserts. Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Dim sum Synonyms: dimsum, dim sum, yum cha Derived forms: dim sum bond Related terms: dim sim, yum cha Translations (dim sum): 點心 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 点心 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 點心 (Chinese Cantonese), 点心 (dim² sam¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 點心 (Chinese Mandarin), 点心 (diǎnxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), dim sum (Finnish), dimsum [masculine] (French), Dim Sum [neuter] (German), Dimsum [neuter] (German), דים סאם (Hebrew), 点心 (alt: てんじん, tenjin; てんしん, tenshin) (Japanese), 딤섬 (dimseom) (alt: 點心) (Korean), dim sum [masculine] (Portuguese), димса́м (dimsám) [masculine] (Russian), дяньси́нь (djanʹsínʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ติ่มซำ (dtìm-sam) (Thai), điểm sấm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-dim_sum-en-noun-3BGiibX3 Disambiguation of Dim sum: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47 Hyponyms: buns and rolls, bao, bau, desserts, egg tart, general dim sum foods, dumpling, gao, potsticker, shaomai, sou, spare ribs, rice porridge, congee, conjee, jook, juk, rice congee, rolls, spring roll, vegetable dishes, Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale, gailan, gai-lan, kailan, kai-lan Disambiguation of 'dim sum': 15 85

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      "word": "димса́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "djanʹsínʹ",
      "sense": "dim sum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дяньси́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtìm-sam",
      "sense": "dim sum",
      "word": "ติ่มซำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "dim sum",
      "word": "điểm sấm"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dim sum"
  ],
  "word": "dim sum"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tiám-sim vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "dim sum"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "dim sum",
  "trace": ""
}

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