米粉

Chinese

		rice; metre	dust; powder
trad. (米粉)		米	粉
simp. #(米粉)		米	粉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐfěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mai⁵ fan²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mai² fun²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mí-fún
• Eastern Min (BUC): mī-hūng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí-hún

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi² hung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐfěn [Phonetic: mífěn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐfěn
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-fên³
    • Yale: mǐ-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miifeen
    • Palladius: мифэнь (mifɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ fan²
    • Yale: máih fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³ fɐn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mai² fun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai⁵⁵ fun⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-fún
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi` fun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi³ fun³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ fun³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mī-hūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³⁻³⁵ ^(h-)uŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hún
    • Tâi-lô: bí-hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'huon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hun⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi² hung²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bí húng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi⁵²⁻³⁵ huŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

米粉

桂林米粉 (Guìlín mǐfěn) (Guilin rice noodle)

1. rice vermicelli
2. rice flour
3. (slang) Xiaomi fan

Synonyms

• (rice flour): 米麵／米面 (mǐmiàn)

Derived terms

• 炒米粉
• 米粉炒
• 米粉肉 (mǐfěnròu)

 

Descendants

• → Bunun: bihun
• → Cebuano: bihon
• → Chadong: me⁴ fən³ (“rice vermicelli”)
• → English: bee hoon, mee hoon; mei fun, mai fun
• → Indonesian: bihun
• → Japanese: 米粉 (beifun); 米粉 (bīfun)
• → Malay: bihun
• → Maranao: bihon
• → Paiwan: bihun
• → Tagalog: bihon
• → Taroko: bihun
• → Tsou: viifung

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
米	粉
べい Grade: 2	ふん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べーふん [bèéfúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [be̞ːɸɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

米(べい)粉(ふん) • (beifun) 

1. rice flour

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
米	粉
こめ Grade: 2	こ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こめこ​ [kòmékóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) こめこ [kòmékó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞me̞ko̞]

Noun

米(こめ)粉(こ) • (komeko) 

1. rice flour

See also

• 米粉 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Rice flour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
米	粉
びー Grade: 2	ふん Grade: 5
irregular

From Hokkien 米粉 (bí-hún).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “occupation of taiwan? or newer?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiːɸɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

米粉(ビーフン) • (bīfun) 

1. bee hoon; rice vermicelli