扯面

扯麵
chěmiàn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hand-pulled belt noodles (Shaanxi)
  2. 2 biangbiang-style stretched noodles

Examples

Shǎnxī chěmiàn yòu kuān yòu cháng, xiàng kùdài yíyàng.
Shaanxi belt noodles are so wide and long they look like a trouser belt.
Lǎobǎn xiànchǎng gěi wǒ chě le yì wǎn miàn.
The owner pulled me a bowl of noodles right on the spot.

Tips

culture
Shaanxi's signature wheat noodle. A piece of rested dough is grabbed at both ends and "torn" () against the counter as it's stretched into long, belt-wide strands — the same technique behind the famous biangbiang noodles. Served with chili oil, vinegar, garlic and minced pork.

Stroke Order

chě
miàn