荞面 (qiáomiàn) · buckwheat noodles, buckwheat flour

Meanings

1 buckwheat noodles
2 buckwheat flour

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Buckwheat flour and the noodles made from it. The flour is darker and less sticky than wheat flour, so in the north it is pressed through a wooden press into thick round strands, often bound with elm bark flour.

Also called 荞麦面

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

荞面比小麦面更健康。

Qiáomiàn bǐ xiǎomàimiàn gèng jiànkāng.

Buckwheat flour is healthier than wheat flour.

HSK 7-9

陕北的荞面饸饹特别有嚼劲。

Shǎnběi de qiáomiàn héle tèbié yǒu jiáojìn.

Northern Shaanxi buckwheat helê noodles have a great chew.

Tips

usage

Can mean both the raw flour and the noodles. A staple in cool-climate regions where wheat struggles - Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan - served as 饸饹, 剁面, or cold 凉粉. Note it's written 荞面 (simplified) but 蕎麵 in traditional.