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Jyutping min6 sik6
Pinyin miàn shí

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. the food made from flour
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    在中国,南方人以米饭为主食,北方人以面食为主食。
    在中國,南方人以米飯為主食,北方人以麪食為主食。
    zài zhōng guó , nán fāng rén yǐ mǐ fàn wéi zhǔ shí , běi fāng rén yǐ miàn shí wéi zhǔ shí 。
    • In China, southern people eat rice as staple food; northern people eat wheaten food as staple food.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    屋企竟然冇晒米,唯有煮面食啦!
    屋企竟然冇晒米,唯有煮麪食啦!
    uk1 kei2 ging2 jin4 mou5 saai3 mai5, wai4 jau5 zyu2 min6 sik6 laa1!
    • Oh, it looks like we're all out of rice in the house. Welp, no choice but to cook some noodles then!
  2. Cantonese
    食面食到si li sir lur
    食麪食到si li sir lur
    sik6 min6 sik6 dou3 si4 li1 soe4 loe4
    • eating noodles until started slurping