The Chinese word for pasta is
意大利面
yì dà lì miànChinese Definition
pasta | |
1. 意大利面 | |
Components | |
意 | |
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 - | |
大 | |
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 | |
利 | |
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) | |
面 | |
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 面 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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