Chinese noodles

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Chinese cuisine includes many different types of noodles , called miàn (Chinese: 麪/麵 (Traditional) , 面 (Simplified); often transliterated as "mien" or "mein" ). "Miàn" (麪) refers to noodles made from wheat while "fěn" (粉) refers to noodles made from rice.

Nomenclature of the noodles is difficult due to the vast spectrum available and the many dialects of Chinese used to name them. Each noodle type can be rendered in pinyin for Mandarin, but in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong it will be known by its Cantonese pronunciation, while Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and many other Overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia will use Hokkien instead.

List of Chinese noodle types

Characters	Pinyin	Cantonese	Hokkien	Description	Western equivalent
///	miàn	min	mee	Thick egg noodles	Spaghetti
			Mee kiah	Thin egg noodles	Vermicelli
面薄			Mee pok	Flat egg noodles	Fettuccini
拉麺	lāmiàn	lai min		Hand-expanded egg noodles; Japanese ramen
撈麵/撈麪	lāo miàn	lo mein		Stir fried wheat flour noodles
米粉	mǐfěn	mai fun	bee hoon	Thin rice noodles	Rice vermicelli
米線	mǐxiàn	lai fun / mai sin		Rice noodles	Rice spaghetti
叻沙		lik sa	Laksa	Peranakan rice noodles	Rice spaghetti
粿条	gǔotiáo	kwai tiu	kway teow	Flat rice noodles	Rice fettuccini
沙河粉/河粉	shāhéfěn / héfěn	ho fun	hor fun	Very wide, flat rice noodles	Rice pappardelle
冬粉	dōngfěn	dung fun	dang hun	Very thin Mung bean starch noodles	Thin mung bean vermicelli
粉絲	fěnsī / lǜ dòu miàn	fun sze		Thin mung bean noodles	Mung bean vermicelli
麵線/宮麵	miànxiàn / gōngmiàn	min sin	Misua	Thin salted noodles (1 mm diameter)	Long and short very fine Vermicelli.
伊麵/伊府麵	Yīmiàn / Yīfǔmiàn	yee min / yee foo min	Ee Mee	Aka e-fu noodle. Fried egg noodles.
銀針粉/老鼠粉	yínzhénfěn / láoshufěn	ngun zum fun / lo shi fun		Literally Silver Needle/Rat Tail Noodles. 3-5 mm diameter with pointed ends.
蝦子麪		ha tsz min		Shrimp egg noodle.

Noodle Menu in Taiwan offering variations on beef noodles. Click picture for menu translations and explanations.

List of Chinese noodle dishes

• Ban mian
• Char kway teow
• Fried sauce noodles
• Lo mein
• Re gan mian

External links

• [Cook's Thesaurus: Asian Noodles]
• [Chow mein recipe (with photo)]

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