豉油皇炒面 (chǐyóuhuáng chǎomiàn) · soy sauce chow mein

Measure Word

一盘豉油皇炒面 pán

Meanings

1 soy sauce chow mein

Made with

面条 miàntiáo 酱油 jiàngyóu 豆芽 dòuyá 洋葱 yángcōng 葱 cōng 韭菜 jiǔcài

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 主食 Staple

Thin egg noodles stir-fried dry with bean sprouts, onion and scallion in soy sauce with a little sugar, usually with little or no meat. A Cantonese and Hong Kong dish, common at dim sum and breakfast.

Usually contains egg and wheat

Characters

oil (with the previous character, soy sauce)

皇

huáng

emperor (here: top quality)

Examples

HSK 5

这家茶楼的豉油皇炒面炒得很干，一点也不油。

Zhè jiā chálóu de chǐyóuhuáng chǎomiàn chǎo de hěn gān, yìdiǎn yě bù yóu.

The soy sauce chow mein at this dim sum restaurant is fried nice and dry, not greasy at all.

HSK 7-9

豉油皇炒面只用豆芽、葱和酱油，做法很简单。

Chǐyóuhuáng chǎomiàn zhǐ yòng dòuyá, cōng hé jiàngyóu, zuòfǎ hěn jiǎndān.

Soy sauce chow mein uses only bean sprouts, scallions and soy sauce, and it's simple to make.

Tips

usage

豉油 is the Cantonese word for soy sauce, 酱油 in standard Mandarin. 豉油皇 "king of soy sauce" is soy sauce cooked with sugar into a sweeter seasoning, not a brand.