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Chinese symbol for “spaghetti”

意大利面
yì dà lì miàn
Traditional: 意大利麵
spaghetti; pasta

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spaghetti is 意大利面 (yì dà lì miàn), defined as: spaghetti; pasta.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
利 lì
gains, advantage, profit, merit
radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes
面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “spaghetti”

WordPinyinMeaning
义大利面 (義大利麵)yì dà lì miàn(Tw) spaghetti; pasta

Related words

Other words that share a character with 意大利面.

WordPinyinMeaning
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
意思yì siidea; opinion
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning
愿意 (願意)yuàn yìto wish; to want
同意tóng yìto agree; to consent
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect

See also: Japanese symbol for “spaghetti”.

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.