chow mein

• chaomian
• (Hong Kong) chau min

Borrowed from Taishanese 炒麵／炒面 (cau² men⁵, “stir-fry noodles”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌtʃaʊ ˈmeɪn/^[1]
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /tʃaʊ min/^[2]

• Audio (US):

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chow mein (countable and uncountable, plural chow meins)

1. A westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood.

   Coordinate term: lo mein

   • 2006, “POD (The Pick of Destiny)”, in The Pick of Destiny, performed by Tenacious D:

     Our tasty grooves are better than a chicken chow mein!

2. (India, slang, offensive, countable) A person from Northeast India.
   • 2017 May 23, Alana Golmei, “Let’s talk about racism”, in Hindustan Times‎^[1], Delhi:

     Since I come from the North-eastern part of India myself and belong to a minority race, I too have suffered from racism, at least in its milder forms. I’ve been called "chinky", "momo", "chowmein", and more.

• chow mein bun
• chowmeinery

• “chow mein, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “chow mein”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Borrowed from English chow mein, from Taishanese 炒麵／炒面 (cau²men⁵, “stir-fried noodles”).

• IPA^(key): /tʃaw mɛjn/

• Audio (France):

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chow mein m (plural chow meins)

1. chow mein

Borrowed from English chow mein, from Taishanese 炒麵／炒面 (cau²men⁵, “stir-fried noodles”).

chow mein m (uncountable)

1. chow mein (westernised Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood)