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The Chinese word for pasta is
意大利面

yì dà lì miàn



pasta

Chinese Definition


pasta
     1. 意大利面
Components
     1. wish; desire; intention
           好意 - good intention; kindness -
           隨意 - as one pleases; at will -
     2. meaning; sense
           詞不達意 - the words fail to convey the meaning -
     3. to anticipate; to expect
           意外 - unexpected -
           出其不意 - to take somebody by surprise -
     4. Short for 意大利, Italy; Italian
     5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 意粉, tr=ji3 fan2, spaghetti
           乾炒 叉燒 意 - fried spaghetti with barbecue pork -
     1. of great size; big; large; huge
           Antonyms: 小
           這 個 太 大 了! (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
           呢ni1 條 褲 好 大 條。 - This pair of pants is very big.
     2. big; great
           ^中 ^美 關係 已 有 很 大 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
           ^大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
     3. great of its kind
           昨天 下 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
           好 大 ? 味 - a very strong smell
     4. in an extreme manner; greatly
           大 哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently
           大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
           大 不 相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
           你 遇到 這 種 情況,大 可以 走人 哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
           你 可 不 知道,他 昨兒r 過來lai 大 折zhē騰teng 了 一 場。好家伙huo,差chà點兒r.沒 把 這兒r 拆 嘍! (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
     5. main; major
           Antonyms: 小
           他們 將 車 一直 開 到 大 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
           他 是 一家 石油 公司 的 大 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
     6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
           大 書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
     7. mature; grown up
           Antonyms: 小
           你 多 大 了? (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
           她 比 他 大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
           你 隻 狗 係 咁 大daai6-2 㗎 喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
     8. (Cantonese) to grow up
           喺 廣州 大 - to grow up in Guangzhou
     9. (Cantonese) to be older than
           Antonyms: 細
           我 大 佢 兩 年。 - I am older than them by two years.
     10. (dialectal) father
     11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
     12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
           你 大 我 呀aa4? - Are you trying to intimidate me?
           你 咪mai5 大 我。 - Don't you threaten me.
     13. (Cantonese) only so big
           咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
     14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
           我 好 急 呀,要 去 大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
     15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
           ^北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
     16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
     17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
     18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
     19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
     20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
     21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
     22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
     23. (Cantonese) small
           咁 大daai6-1 - so puny
     24. Variant of 太
     25. Variant of 泰
     1. benefit; advantage
     2. profit
           薄利多銷 - small profits but quick returns
     3. (finance) interest
           高利貸 - usury; high-interest loan
     4. to benefit; to be beneficial to
     5. favourable; successful
     6. sharp; sharp-edged
           利 希 慎 - Lee Hysan (Hong Kong opium merchant)
     7. Used in 利市 (red packets, tr=-)
     8. (Cantonese) Used in 老利 (tr=lou(sup, 5) laisup, 6-2)
     1. (literary or dialectal) face
           面 帶 笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face
           你 塊 面 有 笪 嘢。 - There's something on your face.
     2. surface; top; face
           水面 - shuǐmiàn - water surface
           路面 - lùmiàn - road surface
     3. aspect; side; respect
           全面 - quánmiàn - overall
     4. right side; cover; outside
     5. (geometry) face
           長方體 有 六 個 面。 ( Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.) - A cuboid has six faces.
     6. (Cantonese, Singapore, &, Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face
           冇面min6-2 - mou5 min6-2 - to lose face; to be embarrassed, C
     7. to meet
           面世 - miànshì - to come out, lit=to meet the world
     8. face-to-face
           面談 - miàntán - to talk with someone face to face
           面告 - miàngào - to inform face to face
     9. to face
           面壁 - miànbì - to face the wall
           背 山 面 水 - bèi shān miàn shuǐ - backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water
     10. (suffix used to form a noun of locality)
           前面 - qiánmiàn - in front
           上面 - shàngmiàn - higher place
           西面 - xīmiàn - west
     11. Short for 面試, interview
           HR面 - tr=HRmiàn -
           一 面 國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag
           一 面 鼓 - yī miàn gǔ - a drum
           我 和 他 只 見 過guo 一 面。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once.
     12. Simplified form of 麵



Translations for and their definitions

意大利麵
     1. n. (tlb zh chiefly Mainland China)
     2. n. pasta
     3. n. (specifically) spaghetti


意大利面
     1. Simplified form of 意大利麵


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