肠粉 (chángfěn) · rice noodle roll, cheung fun

Measure Word

一份肠粉 fèn

Meanings

1 rice noodle roll
2 cheung fun

Made with

大米 dàmǐ 虾仁 xiārén 牛肉 niúròu 猪肉 zhūròu 鸡蛋 jīdàn 酱油 jiàngyóu

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 小吃 Snack

Thin, silky sheets of steamed rice batter rolled around a filling such as shrimp, beef, pork or egg, served in a sweet soy sauce. Soft and slippery; eaten at breakfast and with dim sum.

Usually contains shellfish and egg

Characters

肠

cháng

intestine (here: tube-shape)

粉

fěn

starch noodle

Examples

HSK 7-9

广州人爱吃早茶,必点一份虾肠粉。

Guǎngzhōu rén ài chī zǎochá, bì diǎn yī fèn xiā chángfěn.

Cantonese love yum cha, and always order a serving of shrimp rice rolls.

HSK 7-9

肠粉淋上酱油,滑嫩爽口。

Chángfěn lín shàng jiàngyóu, huá nèn shuǎngkǒu.

Drizzled with soy sauce, rice noodle rolls are smooth, tender and refreshing.

Tips

culture

Cantonese dim sum staple: rice-flour batter steamed into thin sheets, then rolled around shrimp, pork, beef or vegetables. The name 肠 ('intestine') refers to the rolled tube shape, not the filling.