米線

See also: 米线

Chinese

		rice; metre	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (米線/米綫)		米	線/綫
simp. (米线)		米	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: mǐ-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miishiann
    • Palladius: мисянь (misjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ sin³
    • Yale: máih sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³ siːn³³/

Noun

米線

1. Mi xian, a type of rice noodle from Yunnan, China, made from ordinary non-glutinous rice, and generally sold fresh rather than dried.

Derived terms

• 過橋米線／过桥米线 (guòqiáo mǐxiàn)

 

Descendants

• → Burmese: မြီးရှေ (mri:hre)