担仔面 (dànzǎimiàn) · danzai noodles

Measure Word

一碗担仔面 wǎn

Meanings

1 danzai noodles

Made with

油面 yóumiàn 肉末 ròumò 虾 xiā 豆芽 dòuyá 香菜 xiāngcài 大蒜 dàsuàn

About the dish

A small bowl of yellow wheat noodles in shrimp broth, topped with minced pork sauce, a shrimp, bean sprouts and coriander. Light and savoury, sized as a snack. A Tainan dish.

Usually contains shellfish and wheat

Characters

担

dàn

carrying pole; a load on a pole

仔

zǎi

small (a suffix from southern dialects)

面

miàn

noodles

Examples

HSK 5

在台南，很多人把担仔面当点心，吃完再去尝别的小吃。

Zài Táinán, hěnduō rén bǎ dànzǎimiàn dàng diǎnxin, chīwán zài qù cháng biéde xiǎochī.

In Tainan, many people treat danzai noodles as a snack and go on to try other dishes afterwards.

HSK 7-9

担仔面的碗很小，上面有肉燥和一只虾。

Dànzǎimiàn de wǎn hěn xiǎo, shàngmian yǒu ròuzào hé yì zhī xiā.

Danzai noodles come in a small bowl, topped with minced pork sauce and a shrimp.

Tips

usage

担 here is the carrying pole street sellers balanced on one shoulder, so the name means noodles sold from a pole. It is read dàn, as in its noun sense "a load on a pole", not dān.