chow mein

English

Chow mein

Alternative forms

• chaomian

Etymology

Borrowed from Taishanese 炒麵／炒面 (cau² men⁵, “stir-fry noodles”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtʃaʊ ˈmeɪn/

Noun

chow mein (uncountable)

1. A westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood.
   • 2006 The Pick of Destiny (song) from the film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny

     Our tasty grooves are better than a chicken chow mein!

Translations

Westernised Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 炒麵／炒面 (caau² min⁶), 炒面 (caau² min⁶)

  Mandarin: 炒麵／炒面 (zh) (chǎomiàn), 炒面 (zh) (chǎomiàn)

  Min Nan: 炒麵／炒面 (zh-min-nan), 炒面 (chhá-mī)

• Finnish: chow mein
• German: Chow-Mein n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: pirított tészta, sült tészta
• Japanese: 炒麺 (chāmen)
• Portuguese: chow mein m
• Russian: чаомя́нь (čaomjánʹ)
• Spanish: chow mein m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English chow mein, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Taishanese 炒麵／炒面 (cau² men⁵, “stir-fry noodles”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃaw mɛjn/

• France:

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Noun

chow mein m (plural chows meins)

1. chow mein

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Portuguese

Noun

chow mein m (uncountable)

1. chow mein (westernised Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood)