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chee cheong fun

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Singapore[ˈt͡ʃʰiː˦ ˈt͡ʃʰjɔŋ˨˩ ˈfan˨˦]

chee cheong fun noun: a variant of cheong fun where the noodle is tightly rolled, plain and without filling.

chee cheong fun: a variant of cheong fun where the noodle is tightly rolled, plain and without filling
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Noun

chee cheong fun

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A variant of cheong fun where the noodle is tightly rolled, plain and without filling.
    • The air was filled with the “tock tock” of the mee seller and the distinctive cries of hawkers selling meatball soup, wanton mee, mee hoon, chee cheong fun, char kway teow, yong tau fu, rice porridge, herbal teas, red bean soup, pau and dim sum, and so on in endless variety.2002, P. Lim Pui Huen, Wong Ah Fook: Immigrant, Builder, and Entrepreneur, Singapore: Times Editions, →ISBN, page 57

Origin of chee cheong fun

Borrowed from Cantonese 豬腸粉／猪肠粉 (zyu1 coeng4 fan2).

Questions about chee cheong fun

What does chee cheong fun mean?
Chee cheong fun means a variant of cheong fun where the noodle is tightly rolled, plain and without filling.
What part of speech is chee cheong fun?
Chee cheong fun is a noun.
How do you pronounce chee cheong fun?
Chee cheong fun is pronounced [ˈt͡ʃʰiː˦ ˈt͡ʃʰjɔŋ˨˩ ˈfan˨˦] (Singapore).

Words near chee cheong fun in the dictionary

  1. chee
  2. chee bai
  3. chee bye
  4. chee chee
  5. chee chees
  6. chee cheong fun
  7. chee ko pek
  8. chee ko peks
  9. chee kofta
  10. chee kufta
  11. chee-chee

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