排骨面 (páigǔmiàn) · pork rib noodles

Measure Word

一碗排骨面 wǎn

Meanings

1 pork rib noodles

Made with

About the dish

A bowl of wheat noodles in broth topped with braised spare ribs on the bone. Around Shanghai the 排骨 is usually a pork chop, pounded, fried and often braised in soy sauce, laid on top.

Usually contains wheat

Characters

排

pái

row (with the next character, spare ribs)

Examples

HSK 7-9

排骨面是一碗汤面，上面放着几块排骨。

Páigǔmiàn shì yì wǎn tāngmiàn, shàngmian fàng zhe jǐ kuài páigǔ.

Pork rib noodles are a bowl of noodle soup with a few pieces of rib on top.

HSK 7-9

下班太晚了，我在楼下面馆吃了碗排骨面。

Xiàbān tài wǎn le, wǒ zài lóuxià miànguǎn chī le wǎn páigǔmiàn.

I got off work too late, so I had a bowl of pork rib noodles at the noodle shop downstairs.

Tips

culture

In Shanghai the 排骨 on a noodle menu is usually a pork chop, pounded thin and deep-fried, served on top or on the side. Elsewhere it is more often braised spare ribs.