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Chinese symbol for “noodles”

面条
miàn tiáo
Traditional: 麵條
noodles

The closest CC-CEDICT match for noodles is 面条 (miàn tiáo), defined as: noodles.

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Characters and stroke order

面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes
条 tiáo
clause, condition; string, stripe
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “noodles”

WordPinyinMeaning
面 (麵)miànflour; noodles
面体 (麵體)miàn tǐnoodles
挂面 (掛麵)guà miànpasta; noodles

Related words

Other words that share a character with 面条.

WordPinyinMeaning
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)
面积 (面積)miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area
全面quán miànall-around; comprehensive
面对 (面對)miàn duìto face; to confront
条件 (條件)tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification
条例 (條例)tiáo lìregulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
条约 (條約)tiáo yuētreaty; pact

See also: Japanese symbol for “noodles”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.