转面

轉面

zhuǎnmiàn

noun

Meanings

1 (literary) in the blink of an eye; a very short moment
2 (dialect, food) a type of noodle (regional usage)

Characters

face; (also) noodles

Examples

转面之间，他就不见了。

Zhuǎnmiàn zhī jiān, tā jiù bù jiàn le.

In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

这家店的转面做得很有特色。

Zhè jiā diàn de zhuǎnmiàn zuò de hěn yǒu tèsè.

This shop's zhuanmian noodles are quite distinctive.

Tips

usage

The main attested sense in 新华词典 is literary 转面 = 'a very short time' (compare 转眼). As a noodle name it appears on some regional menus but is not in major dictionaries — treat as dialectal.

Stroke Order

转 zhuǎn

面 miàn