切仔麵

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility	flour; noodles
trad. (切仔麵/切仔麪)		切	仔	麵/麪
simp. (切仔面)		切	仔	面

Etymology

Originally Hokkien 摵仔麵／摵仔面.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiēzǎimiàn, qiēzǐmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝ ㄗㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧㄝ ㄗˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe̍k-á-mī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiēzǎimiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝ ㄗㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciezǎimiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh¹-tsai³-mien⁴
    • Yale: chyē-dzǎi-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chietzaemiann
    • Palladius: цецзаймянь (ceczajmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiēzǐmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝ ㄗˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciezǐhmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh¹-tzŭ³-mien⁴
    • Yale: chyē-dž-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chietzyymiann
    • Palladius: цецзымянь (ceczymjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe̍k-á-mī
    • Tâi-lô: tshi̍k-á-mī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheg'afmi
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚⁴⁻³² a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩ³³/

Noun

切仔麵

1. (chiefly Hokkien) chhek-a-mi; qiezai noodles (a type of noodles popular in Taiwan)

Usage notes

This word is generally pronounced in Min Nan; the Mandarin pronunciation is rare, even in a Mandarin context.