hum bao and humbao (1990)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

I can't find really authoritative kanji for "humbow", but here are some
candidates:

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?12,5331,5354

... "haam baau" or so in Cantonese, read "xian bao" in Guoyu (with some
tones either way),

One candidate (2nd post) ...

餡包

... seems to 'make sense' but I can't immediately verify it on-line.

Another candidate (9th post) ...

鹹包

... at least really exists in some sort of Chinese in more-or-less
appropriate sense:

http://www.chimeifood.com.tw/product/products.asp?fid=134

Somebody who can read Chinese well can probably do better.

-- Doug Wilson

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