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Meanings of humbow in English

A steamed, filled bun or bread-like (i.e. made with yeast) item in various Chinese cuisines.

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      Examples for "pow"
      Examples for "pow"
      1
      Then the kids sit around their victim in a sort of pow-wow.
      The Road
      2
      Then it's - pow!' He punched his fist into his other palm.
      Metro 2033
      3
      Guess they won't hurt us if they let Juan pow-wow with them.
      The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico; Or, The End of the Silver Tra...
      4
      And I reckon he was pow'ful enough to back down Sawyer's Dam.
      Selected Stories of Bret Harte
      5
      It's early yet, and it's been ages since we had a pow-wow.
      When A Man's A Man
      1
      Their principal occupations consisted in making kapa, the malo and pau, and in preparing food.
      Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
      2
      By-'em-by money pau-all gone; then Kanaka work plenty.''
      Two Years Before the Mast
      3
      Recently signed Pau Gasol played five scoreless minutes in his Bucks debut.
      Reuters
      4
      Methods and Results All 109 patients with acute PAUs were monitored clinically.
      Pubmed
      5
      His inquiries developed the information that her daughter was living in Pau.
      The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
      1
      Use this time as an opportunity to defrost the bao buns in the fridge overnight.
      The Irish Times
      2
      Many of the poorer ones had to work off their bao 3 to the local Chinese mafia.
      World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
      3
      Every year at Chinese New Year, people hand over red envelopes full of cash, known as hong bao.
      The Irish Times
      4
      We made bao buns from the site, which I would have never done before, but they were great.
      The Guardian
      5
      Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union jumped the maximum allowed 10 percent limit.
      Reuters
      1
      A major Kahlo show opens on April 30 at Berlin's Martin-Gropius-Bau museum.
      Reuters
      2
      Problems soon resurfaced: Alpine Bau complained about missing plans and components.
      Reuters
      3
      Strong winds and rough seas experienced on Bau island this morning.
      Radio NZ
      4
      Here are some things to consider as you move from project to BAU.
      Reuters
      5
      The company announced on Monday the purchase of the Bau da Felicidade stores.
      Reuters
      1
      Kaoleioku is chief priest, and Nunu and Kakohe are high in authority.
      The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
      2
      Nunu is the boy.
      Wired
      3
      Nunu Ntshingila, Regional Director Facebook Africa The first rumours of a standalone desktop messaging app started as long ago as 2016.
      The South African
      4
      The Seagulls snatched three points at Arsenal on Thursday, while Nunu Espirito Santo's men are unbeaten in ten Premier League fixtures.
      The South African
      5
      A couple of disaffected old men, Nunu and Kakohe, are won over to Umi's cause, and they advise Hakau to prepare for war with Umi.
      The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai