粵

車ce1仔zai2麪min6

simp车仔面
ce1 zai2 min6chē zǐ miàn

English

  1. 'cart noodle' (used to be sold in carts by street vendors), a type of noodles in Hong Kong, China
  2. cart noodle, a unique Hong Kong cuisine originating from mid-20th-century, street vendors used wooden carts to cook noodles on the street, various kinds of noodles and toppings were available, eg: pork blood cubes, pork intestines, daikon radish, beef briskets and fishballs. Nowadays, there is no more illegal noodle wooden cart on the street, instead, cart noodles becomes a dish widely available in restaurants, with wider range of delicious toppings

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種香港料理,源自20世紀中,流動小販用架木頭車賣麪,上面放咗幾種麪同配料,如豬紅、豬腸、白蘿蔔、牛腩、魚蛋等等畀客人買,即叫即煮;而家已經冇流動小販隨街賣麪,車仔麪成為餐廳嘅一種菜式,而且配料花款亦都多好多(量詞:碗)

Examples

  • 我中學嗰時成日食車仔麪,貪佢夠平。

    I always bought cart noodles when I was a secondary student because it's affordable.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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