麵 (min6 | mian4 mian3) : flour; noodles; dough

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麵

min6

mian4 mian3

[1] flour [2] noodles [3] dough [4] [Var.] 麪

Stroke count: 20

Level: 3

Radical: (#199)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

麵 / 面

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Sep 2009 07:21

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公仔麵 gung1 zai2 min6 = instant noodles 粵

麵包 min6 baau1 mian4 bao1 = bread

快熟麵 faai3 suk6 min6 = instant noodles

雲吞麵 wan4 tan1 min6 = wonton noodles

陽春麵 joeng4 ceon1 min6 yang2 chun1 mian4 = Yangchun noodles

長壽麵 coeng4 sau6 min6 chang2 shou4 mian4 = long life noodles; longevity noodles

炒麵 caau2 min6 = fried noodles; chow mein

淨麵 zing6 min6 jing4 mian4 = plain noodles 粵

麵粉 min6 fan2 mian4 fen3 = flour

麵筋 min6 gan1 = gluten
See all 74 compounds (CantoDict reports 76 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 6 examples containing 麵

你想食麵定係食飯呀？粵
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

你想吃麵還是吃飯？國
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

你想食飯定食麵呀？粵
Do you want to eat rice or noodles?
[Lit. you want eat rice or eat noodle [particle]?]

啲麵包變咗形粵
The bread is squashed.
[Lit. the bread change-already shape. 變形 is a verb-noun pair, much like 食飯 or 洗手.]

你想唔想食碗雲吞麵？粵
Do you want to eat a bowl of wonton noodles?

我父母早餐常吃烤麵包。國
My parents eat toast for breakfast.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 麵
Unicode code for this character: U+9eb5 (off-site link)

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