麵線

Chinese

	flour; noodles	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (麵線/麪線/麵綫/麪綫)	麵/麪	線/綫
simp. (面线^*)	面	线
anagram	線麵／线面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miànxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ sin³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): miên⁴ xiên⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): mī-sòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): min⁷ suan³

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): mi¹ sua³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miànxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miànsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: mien⁴-hsien⁴
  - Yale: myàn-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannshiann
  - Palladius: мяньсянь (mjanʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁶ sin³
  - Yale: mihn sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: miên⁴ xiên⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /miɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ɕiɛn⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: mī-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mixsvoax
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ⁴¹⁻²² suã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Philippines): /mi⁴¹⁻²² suã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Tong'an): /mĩ²²⁻¹¹ suã¹¹²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mĩ³³⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ³³⁻²¹ suã²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: min⁷ suan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīⁿ suàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mĩ¹¹ sũã²¹³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: mi¹ sua³
  - Sinological IPA: /mi³⁵⁻³³ sua²¹/

Noun

麵線

misua (a very thin variety of salted noodles made from wheat flour from Fujian, China)
(Meixian Hakka) cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli (transparent noodle made from starch)
(Jixi Huizhou) fried dough twist

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麵線 (“misua (a very thin variety of salted noodles made from wheat flour from Fujian, China)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		線麵, 麵線
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	麵線
Northern Min	Jian'ou	線麵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	索麵
Southern Min	Xiamen	麵線
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	麵線
	Quanzhou	麵線, 麵乾
	Zhangzhou	麵線
	Manila (Hokkien)	麵線
	Leizhou	麵線
	Haikou	麵線
Puxian Min	Putian	索麵
Puxian Min	Xianyou	索麵

Dialectal synonyms of 粉絲 (“cellophane noodles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		粉絲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	粉, 粉絲
	Taiwan	粉絲, 冬粉
	Harbin	粉絲
	Singapore	冬粉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	細粉條兒, 粉絲
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	粉絲, 粉絲子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	粉絲兒
	Wanrong	粉絲
	Xi'an	粉絲, 粉絲兒
	Xining	粉絲兒
	Xuzhou	細粉
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	粉絲
	Lanzhou	粉絲子
	Ürümqi	粉絲兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	粉絲, 粉, 粉條, 條粉
	Wuhan	線粉, 粉條
	Guilin	粉絲
	Liuzhou	粉絲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	粉絲, 索粉
	Yangzhou	粉絲, 索粉
	Hefei	粉絲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粉絲
	Hong Kong	粉絲
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	來絲, 粉仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	粉絲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	來絲仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	粉仔
	Macau	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	粉絲
	Foshan	粉絲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	粉仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	粉絲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	粉絲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	粉絲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	粉絲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	珍絲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	粉絲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	粉絲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	粉絲
	Taishan	細粉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	細粉
	Enping (Niujiang)	細粉
	Heshan (Yayao)	粉絲
	Dongguan	來絲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	粉絲
	Yangjiang	鬚粉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	粉絲, 冬粉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	粉絲
Gan	Nanchang	線粉
Hakka	Meixian	粉絲, 麵線
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	粉絲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	來絲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	粉絲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	粉仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	米絲
	Yudu	粉絲
	Hong Kong	來絲仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	冬粉
Huizhou	Jixi	粉絲
Jin	Taiyuan	粉絲, 細粉, 細粉絲
Jin	Xinzhou	粉絲子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	粉絲, 山東粉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	粉絲, 山東粉
	Fuqing	山東粉
	Matsu	山東粉
Southern Min	Xiamen	冬粉, 粉絲
	Quanzhou	冬粉
	Zhangzhou	冬粉, 粉仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	冬粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冬粉
	Manila (Hokkien)	冬粉, 山東粉
	Chaozhou	粉絲
	Jieyang	粉條, 粉絲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	豆簽, 冬粉
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	珍絲
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	珍絲
Wu	Shanghai	線粉, 粉絲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	索粉, 線粉
	Suzhou	線粉, 索粉 wet
	Danyang	索粉
	Hangzhou	線粉
	Ningbo	線粉
	Wenzhou	洋粉
Xiang	Changsha	湘粉, 粉絲, 南粉, 西粉 less common
	Shuangfeng	南粉
	Hengyang	粉絲

Dialectal synonyms of 麻花 (“fried dough twist”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麻花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	麻花兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	麻花
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	麻花兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	麻花兒
	Xi'an	麻糖, 麻花
	Xining	麻花兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	麻花子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	麻花兒
	Guiyang	麻花
	Liuzhou	麻花
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	麻花
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	麻花子
Gan	Nanchang	麻花
Gan	Pingxiang	麻花絲
Huizhou	Jixi	麵線
Jin	Taiyuan	麻花兒
Jin	Xinzhou	麻花子
Southern Min	Tainan	枷車藤 GT
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	麻花
Wu	Shanghai	脆麻花, 絞連棒
Xiang	Loudi	麻花

Derived terms

蚵仔麵線 / 蚵仔面线 (ézǐ miànxiàn)
豬腳麵線 / 猪脚面线
食麵線 / 食面线
麵線糊 / 面线糊 (miànxiànhú)
麵線草 / 面线草
麵線親 / 面线亲

Descendants

→ Burmese: မြူစွမ် (mrucwam)
→ Cebuano: miswa
→ English: misua, mee sua
→ Indonesian: misoa
→ Khmer: មីសួ (mii suə)
→ Malay: misoa
→ Tagalog: miswa
→ Thai: หมี่ซั่ว

References

“麵線”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.