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Mixed noodles with sautéed lamb and chili at Bayingolin Jinsite, Beijing (20210408172244)
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Photo credit

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Banmian and Bianrou at a restaurant in Jingxi Houyu, Fuzhou (20250126091454)
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拌面

拌麵
bànmiàn
noun Spice varies

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 mixed noodles (tossed in sauce)

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 主食 Staple

Boiled noodles tossed with a sauce or a stir-fried topping instead of served in soup. What comes depends on the place: peanut sauce at Shaxian snack shops; lamb, peppers and tomato in Xinjiang.

Usually contains wheat

Examples

HSK 7-9
Bànmiàn méiyou tāng, miàntiáo bàn zhe jiàng chī.
Mixed noodles have no soup: the noodles are eaten tossed in sauce.
HSK 7-9
Xīnjiāng de bànmiàn shì bǎ chǎohǎo de yángròu hé shūcài jiāo zài lātiáozi shàng.
Xinjiang mixed noodles are pulled noodles with a stir-fry of lamb and vegetables poured over them.

Tips

culture
Every region has its own 拌面. Shaxian snack shops toss thin noodles with peanut sauce, while in Xinjiang it is thick hand-pulled noodles under a stir-fry of lamb, peppers and tomato.

Stroke Order

拌 bàn
面 miàn