Meat floss

Meat floss
Meat floss made of beef
Alternative namesMeat wool, pork floss, flossy pork, meat cotton candy or pork sung
Place of originChina
Region or stateEast Asia and Southeast Asia
Associated cuisineCambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
Main ingredientsPork, beef, or chicken
Meat floss
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese肉鬆
Simplified Chinese肉松
Literal meaningmeat fluff, meat flakes
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinròusōng
IPA[ɻôʊsʊ́ŋ]
Wu
Romanization[ɲiɔʔ soŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationyuhk-sūng
Jyutpingjuk6 sung1
Southern Min name
Chinese肉拊
Literal meaningprocessed meat; rubbed / broken-down meat
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJbah-hú
Tâi-lôbah-hú
Southern Min name (Tainan)
Chinese肉酥
Literal meaningmeat flakes, meat crisps
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJbah-so·
Tâi-lôbah-soo
Eastern Min name
Traditional Chinese肉絨
Simplified Chinese肉绒
Literal meaning(fine) meat wool, fine meat floss (embroidery silk); meat down feathers (or fine hair); meat velvet, fine meat fabric
Transcriptions
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCnṳ̆k-ṳ̀ng
Hakka name
Chinese肉麩
Literal meaningmeat wheat bran; meat gluten
Transcriptions
Hakka
Romanizationngiug fu
Vietnamese name
Vietnameseruốc (Northern Vietnamese)
chà bông (Southern Vietnamese)
Thai name
Thaiหมูหย็อง
RTGSmu yong
Malay name
Malayserondeng
Indonesian name
Indonesianabon
Filipino name
Tagalogmahu or masang
Khmer name
Khmerសាច់ជ្រូកផាត់ sach chruok phat

Meat floss, also known as pork or yuk sung (Chinese: 肉鬆; pinyin: ròusōng; Jyutping: juk6 sung1 ; Mandarin Chinese: [ɻôʊsʊ́ŋ]), is a dried meat product with a light and fluffy texture similar to coarse cotton, originating from China. It is more commonly known as bak hu (Hokkien: 肉拊, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-hú) in Hokkien-influenced regions, such as Southeast Asia and Taiwan.