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Chinese noodles - Definition and Overview |
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Chinese cuisine includes many different types of noodles (traditional 麵, simplified 麺 or 面, pinyin miàn, often written "mien" or "mein" in English).
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 Malaysia, Singapore and many other Overseas Chinese communities will use Hokkien instead.
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List of Chinese noodle types
| Characters | Pinyin | Cantonese | Hokkien | Description | Western equivalent
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| 麺
| miàn
| min
| mee
| Thick egg noodles
| Spaghetti
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| mee kiah
| Thin egg noodles
| Vermicelli
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| mee pok
| Flat egg noodles
| Fettuccini
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| 拉麺
| lā miàn
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| Hand-cut egg noodles;
Japanese ramen
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| 米粉
| mǐfěn
| mai fun
| bee hoon
| Thin rice noodles
| Rice vermicelli
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| 叻沙米粉
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| laksa bee hoon
| Laksa noodles
| Rice spaghetti
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| 果条
| gǔotiáo
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| kway teow
| Flat rice noodles
| Rice fettuccini
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| 河粉
| héfěn
| ho fun
| hor fun
| Very wide, flat rice noodles
| Rice pappardelle
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