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All-Purpose Flour (4107895947)
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HK food 麵粉 Wheat flour powder 加入雞蛋 with egg October 2025 N13P 01
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SZE XAIMMOOA HONGMIN
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面粉

麵粉
miànfěn
noun HSK 6 #11,819

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 flour

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Wheat flour, the base of northern staples: noodles, steamed buns, dumplings and pancakes. All-purpose flour suits most Chinese doughs; flour for bread and for cakes is labelled by gluten strength, high or low.

Contains wheat

Also called  白面、 小麦粉、 麦粉

Used in 100 dishes

糖醋里脊 tángcù lǐji 油条 yóutiáo 小笼包 xiǎolóngbāo 烤鸭 kǎoyā 肉夹馍 ròujiāmó 凉皮 liángpí 馒头 mántou 鸡蛋饼 jīdànbǐng 煎饺 jiānjiǎo 烧卖 shāomài 葱油饼 cōngyóubǐng 饺子 jiǎozi 蛋挞 dàntà 锅贴 guōtiē 奶黄包 nǎihuángbāo 豆沙包 dòushābāo 月饼 yuèbing 馄饨 húntun 炸鸡腿 zhájītuǐ 菜包 càibāo 花卷 huājuǎn 肉包 ròubāo 包子 bāozi 发糕 fāgāo 馄饨面 húntúnmiàn 生煎包 shēngjiānbāo 炸鸡排 zhájīpái 叉烧包 chāshāobāo 叉烧酥 chāshāosū 西柠鸡 xīníngjī 黄桥烧饼 Huángqiáo shāobing 流沙包 liúshābāo 羊肉泡馍 yángròu pàomó 烤全羊 kǎoquányáng 蛋黄酥 dànhuángsū 鸡蛋糕 jīdàngāo 褡裢火烧 dālián huǒshāo 炸鲜奶 zháxiānnǎi 烤包子 kǎobāozi 疙瘩汤 gēdatāng 麻花 máhuā 刀削面 dāoxiāomiàn 润饼 rùnbǐng 手抓饼 shǒuzhuābǐng 桃酥 táosū 炸猪排 zházhūpái 炸茄盒 zháqiéhé 炸鸡 zhájī 牛肉泡馍 niúròu pàomó 糖饼 tángbǐng 菠萝油 bōluóyóu 钟水饺 zhōngshuǐjiǎo 地锅鸡 dìguōjī 炸两 zháliǎng 烧饼 shāobing 菜肉包 càiròubāo 薄饼 báobǐng 蟹壳黄 xièkéhuáng 酱肉包 jiàngròubāo 馅饼 xiànbǐng 鲜肉月饼 xiānròu yuèbing 土豆饼 tǔdòubǐng 太阳饼 tàiyángbǐng 春饼 chūnbǐng 榴莲酥 liúliánsū 灌汤包 guàntāngbāo 火烧 huǒshāo 烤馒头 kǎomántou 煎饼果子 jiānbing guǒzi 蒸饺 zhēngjiǎo 牛筋面 niújīnmiàn 牛肉包 niúròubāo 红枣糕 hóngzǎogāo 红豆饼 hóngdòubǐng 老婆饼 lǎopóbǐng 肉末烧饼 ròumò shāobing 胡椒饼 hújiāobǐng 菠萝包 bōluóbāo 蚵嗲 édiǎ 蟹黄汤包 xièhuáng tāngbāo 酸汤水饺 suāntāng shuǐjiǎo 锅塌豆腐 guōtā dòufu 锅盔 guōkuī 驴肉火烧 lǘròu huǒshāo 鲜花饼 xiānhuābǐng 鸡蛋仔 jīdànzǎi 鸡蛋灌饼 jīdàn guànbǐng 麻酱糖饼 májiàng tángbǐng 黑糖糕 hēitánggāo 三合面 sānhémiàn 奶油炸糕 nǎiyóu zhágāo 油茶 yóuchá 烙饼 làobǐng 焦圈 jiāoquān 煎饼 jiānbǐng 糯米卷 nuòmǐjuǎn 艾窝窝 àiwōwo 荷叶饼 héyèbǐng 银丝卷 yínsījuǎn 门钉肉饼 méndīng ròubǐng

Examples

HSK 3
Zuò jiǎozi xūyào miànfěn hé shuǐ.
Making dumplings requires flour and water.
HSK 4
Qǐng bāng wǒ mǎi yí dài miànfěn.
Please help me buy a bag of flour.

Tips

usage
In simplified Chinese, 面 is used for both 'face/surface' and 'noodle/flour.' The traditional form 麵粉 uses the specific character for flour/noodles.

Stroke Order

面 miàn
粉 fěn