chow mein
chow mein · chow meins
чаомянь
Chow-Mein
A westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafoodA westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood.
/ˌtʃaʊ ˈmeɪn/
» As for me, I don't eat meat, so I ordered veg chow mein.
sabretou · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A westernized Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood.
Chow-Mein
чаомя́ньčaomjánʹ
chop suey served with fried noodles
(India, countable, offensive, slang)A person from Northeast India.
Examples
1 sentencesAs for me, I don't eat meat, so I ordered veg chow mein.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
Westernised Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Westernised Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood:
Origin
Borrowed from Taishanese 炒麵／炒面 (cau² men⁵, “stir-fry noodles”).Borrowed from Taishanese 炒麵／炒面 (cau² men⁵, “stir-fry noodles”).
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Forms
plural: chow meinsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable