lāmiàn

拉面

Word · NounTraditional拉麵

hand-pulled noodles; ramen

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

hand-pulled noodles; stretched noodles

dialect

Originally considered a dialectal variant of 抻面, now standard in Mandarin, especially associated with Lanzhou-style noodles. The dough is stretched and folded repeatedly to create thin strands.

Wǒ我
xiǎng想
chī吃
yī一
wǎn碗
niú牛
ròu肉
lā拉
miàn面
 。

I want to eat a bowl of beef hand-pulled noodles.

Lán兰
zhōu州
lā拉
miàn面
shì是
xī西
běi北
dì地
qū区
de的
tè特
sè色
xiǎo小
chī吃
 。

Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles are a specialty snack of the northwest region.

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Zhè这
jiā家
miàn面
guǎn馆
shī师
fu傅
lā拉
miàn面
de的
shǒu手
yì艺
hěn很
hǎo好
 。

The chef at this noodle shop is very skilled at pulling noodles.