טשאַומיין

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Noun

טשאַומיין • (tshaumeyn) m

1. (US) chow mein

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “chow mein”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN