also: ションジエンバオ
shengjian bao; pan-fried pork bun
A Chinese-style small bun filled with pork and pan-fried, often with a crispy bottom and juicy filling. Known in English as shengjian mantou or shengjian bao.
from Chinese shēngjiānbāo
In Shanghai, eating hot shengjian bao for breakfast is popular.
The shengjian bao at this shop have thin skins and are full of meat juices.
Standard kanji form for this Chinese loanword; the reading ションチェンパオ is the most common Japanese approximation.
Alternate reading reflecting a different phonetic approximation of the original Chinese.
Borrowed from Mandarin Chinese 生煎包 (shēngjiānbāo), literally 'raw-fried bun'.