noodles in Chinese

How to write 面条

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面条 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 3. An intermediate band: enough vocabulary for everyday conversation and travel.

面条 in a sentence

• 我wǒ想xiǎng吃chī面miàn条tiáo。

  I want to eat noodles.

• 妈mā妈mā做zuò的de面miàn条tiáo很hěn好hǎo吃chī。

  Mom's noodles are delicious.

• 这zhè碗wǎn是shì牛niú肉ròu面miàn。

  This bowl is beef noodles.

面条 vs 面 vs 面粉

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 面 miàn noodles; flour

  The everyday bound form — 吃面 'eat noodles'. Alone it can also mean 'flour', 'face' or 'side' — context decides.

• 面粉 miàn fěn flour

  Same first character, different food: 面粉 = flour for cooking, 面条 = noodles.