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

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麵

min6

mian4

noodles; (wheat) flour; dough

(Classifier(s): 碗 (for noodles))

[variant] 麪

Stroke count: 20

Level: 1

Radical: (#199)

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

麵 / 面

This word has been viewed 21369 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd May 2014 05:20

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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 kuai4 shu2 / mian4 = instant noodles

炒麵 caau2 min6 chao3 mian4 = fried noodles; chow mein

麵包舖 min6 baau1 pou3 mian4 bao1 pu4 = bakery shop

麵線 min6 sin3 mian4 xian4 = vermicelli, noodle

印度炒麵 jan3 dou6 caau2 min6 yin4 du4 chao3 mian4 = mee goreng

麵條 min6 tiu4*2 mian4 tiao2 = noodles 國

麵包房 min6 baau1 fong4 mian4 bao1 fang2 = bakery

麵包坊 min6 baau1 fong1 mian4 bao1 fang1 = bakery
See all 78 compounds (CantoDict reports 80 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 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.

我食公仔麵食到厭。粵
I'm fed up with the eating of instant noodles.
[Very often, the same verb (食) has to be used twice when there are both an object (公仔麵) and an extent particle (到) in a sentence. ]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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