河粉
Chinese
| river | dust; powder | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (河粉) | 河 | 粉 | |
| simp. #(河粉) | 河 | 粉 | |
Etymology
Short for 沙河粉 (shāhéfěn).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: héfěn
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: héfěn
- Wade–Giles: ho2-fên3
- Yale: hé-fěn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herfeen
- Palladius: хэфэнь (xɛfɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ho4-2 fan2 / ho4 fan2
- Yale: hó fán / hòh fán
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho4-2 fan2 / ho4 fan2
- Guangdong Romanization: ho4-2 fen2 / ho4 fen2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔː²¹⁻³⁵ fɐn³⁵/, /hɔː²¹ fɐn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
河粉
Usage notes
- In the Philippines, the dish is more commonly known by the Cantonese term, usually written as "Hofan" in English-language menus in Chinese restaurants; when speaking Hokkien, people also just use the Cantonese name of the dish.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 沙河粉 (“broad, flat rice noodles”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 河粉, 粿條 |
| Singapore | 粿條, 河粉 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 沙河粉, 河粉, 河 |
| Hong Kong | 河粉, 河, 貴刁 Malaysian style | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 粉仔 | |
| Taishan | 沙河粉 | |
| Dongguan | 沙河粉, 河粉, 河 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 河粉 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 河粉 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 粄皮, 沙河粉 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 沙河粉 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 粄條 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 面帕粄 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 粄條 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 粄條 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 粄條 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 粄條 | |
| Hong Kong | 沙河粉 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 粿條 |
| Zhangzhou | 粿仔條, 粿條 | |
| Taipei | 粿仔 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 粿仔條 | |
| Kaohsiung | 粿仔 | |
| Yilan | 粿仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 粿仔 | |
| Taichung | 粿仔 | |
| Tainan | 粿仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 粿仔條 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 粿條 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 粿條 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 粿條 | |
| Chaozhou | 粿條 | |
| Shantou | 粿條 | |
| Haifeng | 粿條 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 粿條 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 粿條 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 粿條 | |
| Wenchang | 粄條 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 粿條 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 河粉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 河粉 |