米粉
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桂林米粉 (Guìlín mǐfěn) (Guilin rice noodle)
Chinese
| rice; metre | dust; powder | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (米粉) | 米 | 粉 | |
| simp. #(米粉) | 米 | 粉 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mai5 fan2
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): moi5 fan2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): mai2 fun2
- Gan (Wiktionary): mi3 fiin3
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): mì-hǒng
- Eastern Min (BUC): mī-hūng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi3 hong3 / bi3 huong3
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mai5 fan2
- Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): mi3 hun3*
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǐfěn
- Wade–Giles: mi3-fên3
- Yale: mǐ-fěn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miifeen
- Palladius: мифэнь (mifɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mai5 fan2
- Yale: máih fán
- Cantonese Pinyin: mai5 fan2
- Guangdong Romanization: mei5 fen2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐi̯¹³ fɐn³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: moi5 fan2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔi¹³ fɐn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: mai2 fun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵐbai⁵⁵ fun⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: mi3 fiin3
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi²¹³⁻²⁴ fɨn²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-fún
- Hakka Romanization System: miˋ funˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mi3 fun3
- Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ fun³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: miˊ funˊ
- Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻³³ fun²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mì-hǒng
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁴² xɔŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mī-hūng
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi³³⁻³⁵ (h-)uŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: bi3 hong3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁴⁵³⁻²¹ (h-)ɔŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: bi3 huong3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi³³²⁻²¹ (h-)uoŋ³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hún
- Tâi-lô: bí-hún
- Phofsit Daibuun: by'huon
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hun⁴¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhi2 hung2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bí húng
- Sinological IPA (key): /bi⁵²⁻³⁵ huŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: mai5 fan2
- Sinological IPA (key): /məi²⁴ fən³³/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Xiang
- (Loudi)
- Wiktionary: mi3 hun3*
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁴² xun⁴²⁻¹/
- (Loudi)
Noun
米粉
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 米粉 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 米粉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 米粉 |
| Hong Kong | 米粉 | |
| Dongguan | 米粉 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 米粉, 粉 |
| Lichuan | 米粉 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 米粉 |
| Yudu | 米粉 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 米粉 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 米粉 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 米粉 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 米粉 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 米粉 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 米粉 | |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 米粉 GT |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 米粉 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 米粉 |
| Xianyou | 米粉, 炊粉 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 米粉 |
Dialectal synonyms of 米麵 (“rice flour”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bunun: bihun
- → Cebuano: bihon
- → Chadong: me⁴ fən³ (“rice vermicelli”)
- → English: bee hoon, mee hoon; mei fun, mai fun
- → Indonesian: bihun
- → Japanese: 米粉 (beifun); 米粉 (bīfun)
- → Malay: bihun
- → Maranao: bihon
- → Paiwan: bihun
- → Tagalog: bihon
- → Taroko: bihun
- → Tsou: viifung
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “米粉”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 38.
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 米 | 粉 |
| べい Grade: 2 |
ふん Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 米 | 粉 |
| こめ Grade: 2 |
こ Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
See also
米粉 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- Rice flour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 米 | 粉 |
| びー Grade: 2 |
ふん Grade: 5 |
| irregular | |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “occupation of taiwan? or newer?”).