# siu mei

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Meat roasted on spits over an open fire or wood burning rotisserie oven, as in Cantonese cuisine.

## Etymology
From Cantonese 燒味 /烧味 (siu¹ mei⁶⁻²). Doublet of shaowei.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/siu-mei