面食 (miànshí): wheat-flour foods (collectively…

Meanings

1 wheat-flour foods (collectively: noodles, dumplings, buns, breads etc.)
2 pasta and dough-based dishes

Characters

面

Examples

北方人喜欢吃面食。

Běifāng rén xǐhuan chī miànshí.

Northerners like to eat wheat-based foods.

山西的面食种类非常丰富。

Shānxī de miànshí zhǒnglèi fēicháng fēngfù.

Shanxi has an enormously rich variety of wheat-flour dishes.

Tips

culture

The umbrella category for any wheat-based staple — 面条 (noodles), 饺子 (dumplings), 包子 (steamed buns), 馒头 (mantou), 烙饼 (flatbread). Northern China is wheat country (面食 culture); Southern China is rice country (米饭 culture). Shanxi province is famous for having dozens of distinct noodle and dumpling forms.