Borrowed from Hokkien 肉麵/肉面 (bah-mī). Compare Tagalog bami / mami, Indonesian bakmi. See also Hokkien 牛肉麵/牛肉面 (gû-bah-mī).
- Hyphenation: bam‧i
- IPA(key): /ˌbam ˈʔi/ [ˌbam ˈʔi]
bam-i
- a dish of wheat noodles and cellophane noodles mixed with pork, chicken, pork liver, cabbage, carrots, shrimp (fresh or dried) and squid (fresh or dried)