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): ㄑㄧㄝㄗㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧㄝㄗˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe̍k-á-mī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiēzǎimiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝㄗㄞˇ 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: ㄑㄧㄝㄗˇ 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

(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.