# 米粉
## Chinese

* 米粉

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǐfěn
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄣˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mai$^5$ fan$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): moi$^5$ fan$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mai$^2$ fun$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mi$^3$ fiin$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mí-fún
    (Hailu, HRS): mi$^ˊ$ fun$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mi$^3$ fun$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): mì-hǒng
* Eastern Min (BUC): mī-hūng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi$^3$ hong$^3$ / bi$^3$ huong$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bí-hún
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi$^2$ hung$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mai$^5$ fan$^2$
* Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): $^2$mi$_6$-fen$_3$
* Xiang
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): mi$^3$ hun$^{3*}$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): mi$^3$ fen$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǐfěn [Phonetic: mífěn]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǐfěn
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^3$-fên$^3$
*** Yale: mǐ-fěn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miifeen
*** Palladius: мифэнь (mifɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^5$ fan$^2$
*** Yale: máih fán
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^5$ fan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^5$ fen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯¹³ fɐn³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: moi$^5$ fan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔi¹³ fɐn³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mai$^2$ fun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbai⁵⁵ fun⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mi$^3$ fiin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²¹³⁻²⁴ fɨn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-fún
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˋ$ fun$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^3$ fun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ fun³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˊ$ fun$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻³³ fun²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mi$^3$ fun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ fun³¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mì-hǒng
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁴² xɔŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mī-hūng
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³³⁻³⁵ $^{(h-)}$uŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bi$^3$ hong$^3$ [Phonetic: bi$^5$ ong$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bî-heông
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁴⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(h-)}$ɔŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bi$^3$ huong$^3$ [Phonetic: bi$^5$ uong$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /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: bhi$^2$ hung$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bí húng
*** Sinological IPA : /bi⁵²⁻³⁵ huŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: mai$^5$ fan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /məi²⁴ fən³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mi$_6$-fen$_3$
*** MiniDict: mi$^去$ fen$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mi²² fən³³/
* Xiang
** (Loudi)
*** Wiktionary: mi$^3$ hun$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁴² xun⁴²⁻¹/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: mi$^3$ fen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³³ fe̞n³³/

### Noun

米粉
* rice vermicelli
* rice flour
* (slang) Ellipsis of 小米粉絲 / 小米粉丝 (xiǎomǐ fěnsī): Xiaomi fan

#### Synonyms

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

#### Noun

米(べい)粉(ふん) • (beifun)
* 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: [ko̞me̞ko̞]

#### Noun

米(こめ)粉(こ) • (komeko)
* 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: [bʲiːɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

#### Noun

米粉(ビーフン) • (bīfun)
* bee hoon; rice vermicelli

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN