mee
A thin wheat noodle used in Malay and Indonesian dishes like stir-fries or soups
- noun
- Philippine
- If you want to enjoy any more of it, we'd better get out of here before chung mee and his friends return.
Examples
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We're here for the mee ...
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Now what is John doing with chung mee?
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I ordered a bowl of mee soup for lunch, and it was full of flavor.
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For dinner, we enjoyed fried mee with vegetables and chicken.
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At the food market, I saw many stalls selling delicious mee dishes.
Synonyms
mein
vsmee
A thin Chinese wheat noodle often served in stir-fried dishes
originates in Malay and Indonesian cooking and appears often in soup
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Etymology
Mee comes from a Chinese word mī that means 'noodle' and came into Malay and Indonesian, so mee is the name for the thin wheat noodle often served in soups and stir-fries.