面条儿 miàntiáor noodles (spoken, erhua)
How to remember 面条儿: 面 face + 条 strip + 儿 son = noodles (spoken, erhua).
Characters
How it is used
- Everyday word for "noodles" - 吃面条儿 (chī miàntiáor) eat noodles. The erhua form is very common in northern speech; the plain 面条 is identical in meaning.
- 条 is the built-in measure word (long, thin), so the item is already counted as strands.
Example sentences
- 中午我吃了一碗面条儿。 Zhōngwǔ wǒ chī le yì wǎn miàntiáor.At noon I ate a bowl of noodles.