阳春面 (yángchūnmiàn) · yangchun noodles

Measure Word

一碗阳春面 wǎn

Meanings

1 yangchun noodles
2 plain noodles in clear broth

Made with

面条 miàntiáo 葱 cōng 猪油 zhūyóu 酱油 jiàngyóu

About the dish

Wheat noodles in a clear broth with soy sauce, scallion oil and chopped scallion, and no topping. Plain and light; a Shanghai and Jiangnan noodle. No meat, but the broth is usually seasoned with lard.

Usually contains wheat

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

饿了就下一碗阳春面。

È le jiù xià yì wǎn yángchūnmiàn.

When hungry, just make a bowl of yangchun noodles.

HSK 7-9

一碗阳春面，考验的是汤底和葱油。

Yì wǎn yángchūnmiàn, kǎoyàn de shì tāngdǐ hé cōngyóu.

A bowl of yangchun noodles is a test of the broth and the scallion oil.

Tips

culture

Jiangnan (Shanghai/Suzhou/Yangzhou) soup noodles in the simplest form: clear broth, thin wheat noodles, scallion oil, a drop of soy, nothing else. The name 阳春 poetically refers to the tenth lunar month, and by folk etymology a bowl cost 10 文 - hence 'ten-month / ten-coin' noodles.