Chinese noodles

Chinese cuisine includes many different types of noodles (traditional 麵, simplified 麺 or 面, pinyin miàn).

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.

List of Chinese noodle types

Characters	Pinyin	Cantonese	Hokkien	Description	Western equivalent
麺	miàn	min	mee	Thick egg noodles	Spaghetti
			mee kiah	Thin egg noodles	Vermicelli
			mee pok	Flat egg noodles	Fettucini
拉麺	lā miàn			Hand-cut egg noodles; Japanese ramen
米粉	mǐfěn	mai fun	bee hoon	Thin rice noodles	Rice vermicelli
叻沙米粉			laksa bee hoon	Laksa noodles	Rice spaghetti
果条	gǔotiáo		kway teow	Flat rice noodles	Rice fettucini
河粉	héfěn	ho fun	hor fun	Very wide, flat rice noodles	Rice pappardelle

External link

• Cook's Thesaurus: Asian Noodles