# 麵線
## Chinese

| | | flour; noodles | thread; string; wirethread; string; wire; line |
| trad. (麵線/麪線/麵綫/麪綫) | trad. (麵線/麪線/麵綫/麪綫) | 麵/麪 | 線/綫 |
| simp. (面线$^*$) | simp. (面线$^*$) | 面 | 线 |
| anagram | anagram | 線麵／线面 | 線麵／线面 |
* 麵線 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Mien-sien (Hakka)
* Mī-soàⁿ (Southern Min)
* Misua (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miànxiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): min$^6$ sin$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): miên$^4$ xiên$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): mī-sòaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): min$^7$ suan$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): mi$^1$ sua$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miànxiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miànsiàn
*** Wade–Giles: mien$^4$-hsien$^4$
*** Yale: myàn-syàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannshiann
*** Palladius: мяньсянь (mjanʹsjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: min$^6$ sin$^3$
*** Yale: mihn sin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: min$^6$ sin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: min$^6$ xin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːn²² siːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: miên$^4$ xiên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /miɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ siɛn⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-sòaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: mī-suànn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mixsvoax
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ⁴¹⁻²² suã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
*** IPA (Philippines): /mi⁴¹⁻²² suã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Tong'an): /mĩ²²⁻¹¹ suã¹¹²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mĩ³³⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ³³⁻²¹ suã²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: min$^7$ suan$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīⁿ suàⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /mĩ¹¹ sũã²¹³/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: mi$^1$ sua$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi³⁵⁻³³ sua²¹/

### Noun

麵線
* misua (a very thin variety of salted noodles made from wheat flour from Fujian, China)
* (Meixian Hakka) cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli (transparent noodle made from starch)
* (Jixi Huizhou) fried dough twist

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 線麵, 麵線 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麵線 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 線麵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 索麵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麵線 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 麵線 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 麵線, 麵乾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 麵線 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 麵線 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 麵線 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 麵線 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 索麵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 索麵 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 粉絲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 粉, 粉絲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 粉絲, 冬粉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 粉絲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 冬粉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 細粉條兒, 粉絲 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 粉絲, 粉絲子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 粉絲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 粉絲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 粉絲, 粉絲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 粉絲兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 粉絲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 粉絲子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 粉絲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 粉絲, 粉, 粉條, 條粉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 線粉, 粉條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 粉絲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 粉絲, 索粉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 粉絲, 索粉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 來絲, 粉仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 來絲仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 粉仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 粉仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 珍絲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 細粉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 細粉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 細粉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 來絲 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鬚粉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 粉絲, 冬粉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 粉絲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 線粉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 粉絲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 粉絲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 來絲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 粉絲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 粉仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 米絲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 粉絲 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 來絲仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 冬粉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 粉絲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 粉絲, 細粉, 細粉絲 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 粉絲子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 粉絲, 山東粉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 粉絲, 山東粉 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 山東粉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 冬粉, 粉絲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冬粉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 冬粉, 粉仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 冬粉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 冬粉 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 冬粉, 山東粉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 粉絲 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 粉條, 粉絲 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 豆簽, 冬粉 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 珍絲 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 珍絲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 線粉, 粉絲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 索粉, 線粉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 線粉, 索粉 wet |
| Wu | Danyang | 索粉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 線粉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 線粉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 洋粉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 湘粉, 粉絲, 南粉, 西粉 less common |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 南粉 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 麻花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 麻花兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 麻花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 麻花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 麻花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 麻糖, 麻花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 麻花兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 麻花子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 麻花兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 麻花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 麻花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 麻花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 麻花子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 麻花 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 麻花絲 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麵線 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 麻花兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 麻花子 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 枷車藤 GT |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 麻花 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 脆麻花, 絞連棒 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 麻花 |

#### Derived terms

* 蚵仔麵線／蚵仔面线 (ézǐ miànxiàn)
* 豬腳麵線／猪脚面线
* 食麵線／食面线
* 麵線糊／面线糊 (miànxiànhú)
* 麵線草／面线草
* 麵線親／面线亲

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: မြူစွမ် (mrucwam)
* → Cebuano: miswa
* → English: misua, mee sua
* → Indonesian: misoa
* → Khmer: មីសួ (mii suə)
* → Malay: misoa
* → Tagalog: miswa

### References

* “Entry #13109”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.