米粉

Chinese

		rice; metre	dust; powder
trad. (米粉)		米	粉
simp. #(米粉)		米	粉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐfěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mai⁵ fan²

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): moi⁵ fan²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mai² fun²

• Gan (Wiktionary): mi³ fiin³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mí-fún

  (Hailu, HRS): mi^ˊ fun^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mi³ fun³

• Northern Min (KCR): mì-hǒng
• Eastern Min (BUC): mī-hūng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi³ hong³ / bi³ huong³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí-hún

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi² hung²

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mai⁵ fan²
• Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): mi³ hun^3*

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐfěn [Phonetic: mífěn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐfěn
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-fên³
    • Yale: mǐ-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miifeen
    • Palladius: мифэнь (mifɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ fan²
    • Yale: máih fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³ fɐn³⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: moi⁵ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔi¹³ fɐn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mai² fun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai⁵⁵ fun⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mi³ fiin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹³⁻²⁴ fɨn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-fún
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˋ fun^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi³ fun³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ fun³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ fun^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻³³ fun²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mi³ fun³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ fun³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mì-hǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁴² xɔŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mī-hūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³⁻³⁵ ^(h-)uŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bi³ hong³ [Phonetic: bi⁵ ong³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ɔŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bi³ huong³ [Phonetic: bi⁵ uong³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³²⁻²¹ ^(h-)uoŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hún
    • Tâi-lô: bí-hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'huon
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hun⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi² hung²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bí húng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi⁵²⁻³⁵ huŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: mai⁵ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /məi²⁴ fən³³/
• Xiang
  • (Loudi)
    • Wiktionary: mi³ hun^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁴² xun⁴²⁻¹/

Noun

米粉

桂林米粉 (Guìlín mǐfěn) (Guilin rice noodle)

1. rice vermicelli
2. rice flour
3. (slang) Xiaomi fan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 米粉 (“rice vermicelli”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		米粉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	米粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	米粉
	Hong Kong	米粉
	Dongguan	米粉
Gan	Nanchang	米粉, 粉
	Lichuan	米粉
Hakka	Meixian	米粉
	Yudu	米粉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	米粉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	米粉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	米粉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	米粉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	米粉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	米粉
Southern Min	Tainan	米粉 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	米粉
Puxian Min	Putian	米粉
	Xianyou	米粉, 炊粉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	米粉

Dialectal synonyms of 米麵 (“rice flour”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		米麵, 米粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	米粉
Gan	Lichuan	米粉
	Pingxiang	米粉
Hakka	Yudu	米粉
Huizhou	Jixi	米粉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	米粉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	米粉
Southern Min	Xiamen	米麩
	Quanzhou	米麩
	Zhangzhou	米麩
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	米粉
Xiang	Loudi	米粉, 米粉子

Derived terms

• 炒米粉
• 米粉炒
• 米粉肉 (mǐfěnròu)

 

Descendants

• → Bunun: bihun
• → Cebuano: bihon
• → Chadong: me⁴ fən³ (“rice vermicelli”)
• → English: bee hoon, mee hoon; mei fun, mai fun
• → Indonesian: bihun
• → Japanese: 米粉 (beifun); 米粉 (bīfun)
• → Malay: bihun
• → Maranao: bihon
• → Paiwan: bihun
• → Tagalog: bihon
• → Taroko: bihun
• → Tsou: viifung

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “米粉”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 38.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
米	粉
べい Grade: 2	ふん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べーふん [bèéfúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [be̞ːɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

米(べい)粉(ふん) • (beifun) 

1. rice flour

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
米	粉
こめ Grade: 2	こ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こめこ [kòmékóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) こめこ [kòmékó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞me̞ko̞]

Noun

米(こめ)粉(こ) • (komeko) 

1. rice flour

See also

• 米粉 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Rice flour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
米	粉
びー Grade: 2	ふん Grade: 5
irregular

From Hokkien 米粉 (bí-hún).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “occupation of taiwan? or newer?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiːɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

米粉(ビーフン) • (bīfun) 

1. bee hoon; rice vermicelli