麵線

Chinese

		flour; noodles	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (麵線/麪線/麵綫/麪綫)		麵/麪	線/綫
simp. (面线*)		面	线
anagram		線麵／线面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ sin³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mī-sòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): min⁷ suan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: myàn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannshiann
    • Palladius: мяньсянь (mjanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ sin³
    • Yale: mihn sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mī-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mixsvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ⁴¹⁻²² suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ³³⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ³³⁻²¹ suã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: min⁷ suan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīⁿ suàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mĩ¹¹ sũã²¹³/

Noun

麵線

1. misua (a very thin variety of salted noodles made from wheat flour from Fujian, China)

Synonyms

• 線麵／线面 (xiànmiàn); (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) 索麵／索面; (Hokkien) 麵乾／面干

Derived terms

• 蚵仔麵線／蚵仔面线
• 豬腳麵線／猪脚面线
• 食麵線／食面线
• 麵線糊／面线糊 (miànxiànhú)
• 麵線草／面线草
• 麵線親／面线亲

 

Descendants

• → Burmese: မြူစွမ် (mrucwam)
• → Cebuano: miswa
• → English: misua, mee sua
• → Indonesian: misoa
• → Khmer: មីសួ (mii suə)
• → Malay: misoa
• → Tagalog: miswa

References

• “Entry #13109”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.