麵

See also: 面, 麺, 麪, and 麫

Translingual

Traditional	麵
Shinjitai	麺
Simplified	面

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *meːns): semantic 麥 ‎(“wheat”) + phonetic 面 ‎(OC *mens)

Han character

麵 (radical 199 麥+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十弓一田中 (JNMWL), four-corner 4124₆, composition ⿰麥面)

References

• KangXi: page 1514, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47827
• Dae Jaweon: page 2043, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4605, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9EB5

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Chinese

trad.		麵/麪
simp.		面
alt. forms		麺 麫 糆 𪋽

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miàn (mian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): mī / biān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): min⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: miàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miann
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶
    • Yale: mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴
    • IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī / biān
    • Tâi-lô: mī / biān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi, bien
    • IPA (Taipei): /mi³³/, /biɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mi²²/, /biɛn²²/
    • Note: mī - vernacular; biān - literary.
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: min⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /mĩ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /men^H/▼

Rime
Character	麵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/menH/
Pan Wuyun	/menH/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛnH/
Li Rong	/menH/
Wang Li	/mienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*meːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麵
Reading #	1/1
No.	9100
Phonetic component	面
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	麫
Old Chinese	/*meːns/
Notes	同麪

Definitions

麵

1. flour

   玉米麵 / 玉米面  ―  yùmǐmiàn  ―  corn flour

   麵粉 / 面粉  ―  miànfěn  ―  flour

2. dough
3. noodles

   湯麵 / 汤面  ―  tāngmiàn  ―  noodles in soup

4. (mainland China) powder

   藥麵兒 / 药面儿  ―  yàomiànr  ―  medicinal powder

5. (mainland China, dialectal) soft and floury

   這塊番薯很麵。 / 这块番薯很面。  ―  Zhè kuài fānshǔ hěn miàn.  ―  This piece of sweet potato is really soft and floury.

Compounds

• 伊麵／伊面 (yīmiàn)
• 公仔麵／公仔面 (gōngzǎimiàn)
• 冰冰麵／冰冰面 (bīngbīngmiàn)
• 削麵／削面 (xiāomiàn)
• 千層麵／千层面 (qiāncéngmiàn)
• 即食麵／即食面 (jíshímiàn)
• 培根蛋麵／培根蛋面 (péigēndànmiàn)
• 彪彪麵／彪彪面 (biāobiāomiàn)
• 意大利麵／意大利面 (yìdàlìmiàn)
• 拉麵／拉面 (lāmiàn)
• 掛麵／挂面 (guàmiàn)
• 撈麵／捞面 (lāomiàn)
• 擔仔麵／担仔面 (dànzǐmiàn)
• 擔擔麵／担担面 (dàndànmiàn)
• 方便麵／方便面 (fāngbiànmiàn)

• 泡麵／泡面 (pàomiàn)
• 涼麵／凉面 (liángmiàn)
• 湯麵／汤面 (tāngmiàn)
• 炒麵／炒面 (chǎomiàn)
• 炸醬麵／炸酱面 (zhájiàngmiàn)
• 烏龍麵／乌龙面 (wūlóngmiàn)
• 牛肉麵／牛肉面 (niúròumiàn)
• 白麵／白面 (báimiàn)
• 速食麵／速食面 (sùshímiàn)
• 醡醬麵／醡酱面 (zhàjiàngmiàn)
• 麵人兒／面人儿
• 麵包／面包 (miànbāo)
• 麵包圈／面包圈
• 麵包圈兒／面包圈儿
• 麵包果／面包果

• 麵團／面团 (miàntuán)
• 麵團兒／面团儿
• 麵坯兒／面坯儿
• 麵條／面条 (miàntiáo)
• 麵湯／面汤
• 麵的／面的
• 麵筋／面筋 (miànjīn)
• 麵粉／面粉 (miànfěn)
• 麵糊／面糊 (miànhù)
• 麵肥／面肥
• 麵茶／面茶
• 麵食／面食
• 麵餅／面饼 (miànbǐng)
• 麵館／面馆 (miànguǎn)
• 麵館兒／面馆儿

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #13088”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

麵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 麺)

1. flour
2. dough
3. noodles

Readings

• Goon: めん (men)
• Kan’on: べん (ben)
• Kun: むぎこ (mugiko)

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Korean

Hanja

麵 • ‎(myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune-Reischauer myŏn, Yale myen)

1. wheat flour
2. noodles

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Vietnamese

Han character

麵 (miến, diện, mì)

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