29.6 Vocabulary: Noodles

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The names in brackets below are contracted names. They are usually used in a food name (e.g., 星洲炒米 sing1 zau1 caau2 mai5 ‘Singapore-Style Fried Rice Vermicelli’).

1.	公仔麵	gung1 zai2 min6	instant noodles
2.	米粉	mai5 fan2	rice vermicelli
2.	(米)	(mai5)	rice vermicelli
3.	河粉	ho2 fan2	hor fun (flat rice noodles)
3.	(河)	(ho2)	hor fun (flat rice noodles)
4.	通粉	tung1 fan2	macaroni
	通心粉	tung1 sam1 fan2
	(通)	(tung1)
5.	意粉	ji3 fan2	spaghetti
5.	(意)	(ji3)	spaghetti
6.	出前一丁	ceot1 cin4 jat1 ding1	Demae Ramen Note: Demae Ramen is a type of Japanese instant noodles. We usually need to pay extra if we want to order them instead of the usual instant noodles.
7.	烏冬	wu1 dung1	udon
8.	米線	mai5 sin3	rice noodles
9.	粉絲	fan2 si1	glass noodles
10.	粗麵	cou1 min6	thick egg noodles
11.	幼麵	jau3 min6	thin egg noodles
12.	油麵	jau4 min6	oil noodles
13.	伊麵	ji1 min6	yi mein

The last three types of noodles usually appear in cart noodle shops, but not cha chaan teng.