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mei fun

mei fun noun: rice vermicelli, rice noodles, as used in East Asian (especially Cantonese) cooking.

Noun

mei fun (uncountable)

  1. Rice vermicelli, rice noodles, as used in East Asian (especially Cantonese) cooking.
    • Mee Krob — with its crisp mei fun noodles made sticky with a caramelized mixture of garlic, onions, tomatoes and chicken or shrimp — is a national favorite that goes back to the days of Siam.1997 06, “Orange Coast Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 168
    • So he thought he'd better play it safe with a Super Mei-Fun Bowl. Now Mei Fun bowls can have some things that children wouldn't like, such as pig ears and some innards, some duck feet, or some tripe. This bowl held many creepy things,[…]2011 August 1, Stephen K. Scott, Grunions with Onions: A Children's Food Fantasy, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 20

Forms of mei fun

alternative formmai fun

Origin of mei fun

From Cantonese 米粉 (mai⁵ fan²). Doublet of bee hoon.

Questions about mei fun

What does mei fun mean?
Mei fun means rice vermicelli, rice noodles, as used in East Asian (especially Cantonese) cooking.
What part of speech is mei fun?
Mei fun is a noun.

Words near mei fun in the dictionary

  1. mehus
  2. Mei
  3. mei cai
  4. mei cai kou rou
  5. Mei Foo
  6. mei fun
  7. Mei-chou
  8. mei-hua
  9. Meibion Glyndwr
  10. meibocyte
  11. meibocytes

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