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公仔麵

公仔麵

See also: 公仔面

Chinese

doll; cuddly toy flour; noodles
trad. (公仔麵/公仔麪) 公仔 /
simp. (公仔面) 公仔

Noun

公仔麵

  1. Doll Instant Noodles (a brand of instant noodles produced in Hong Kong)
  2. (chiefly Cantonese) by genericization, any instant noodles
    因為香港好耐歷史好多「出前一丁」公仔麵變成即食麪同意詞。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    因为香港好耐历史好多“出前一丁”公仔面变成即食麪同意词。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From: 2006, Cantonese Wikipedia, 出前一丁
    Jan1 wai6 hai2 hoeng1 gong2 jau5 hou2 noi6 lik6 si2, hou2 do1 jan4 zoeng1 "ceot1 cin4 jat1 ding1" tung4 "gung1 zai2 min6" bin3 sing4 zik1 sik6 min6 ge3 tung4 ji3 ci4. [Jyutping]
    Because it has a very long history in Hong Kong, there are a lot of people who use "Demae Itcho" and "Doll Instant Noodles" as synonyms of instant noodles.

Synonyms

  • (instant noodles):
Dialectal synonyms of 方便麵 (“instant noodles”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 方便麵
Mandarin Beijing 方便麵泡麵
Taiwan 泡麵速食麵
Malaysia 快熟麵
Singapore 快熟麵
Cantonese Guangzhou 快食麵
Hong Kong 即食麵公仔麵
Min Dong Fuzhou 快熟麵
Min Nan Taipei 泡麵
Wu Shanghai 熟泡麵