Talk:Thin noodles

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Contents 1 English name 2 Literal meaning 3 全 4 Material made from

[edit] English name

Is it really called commonly by this English name? If not, it should be moved to the most prominent Mandarin/Cantonese/Hokkien name (whichever is most prominent). Badagnani 03:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

If you go to old link of cart noodle before I made any edits on this article. Scroll way to the bottom. Someone else is also calling it Thin noodles. This is one you can practically google. Benjwong 00:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I wonder if this is comparable to Somen, which would be the most typical Japanese variety of thin noodles. Badagnani 00:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I personally don't know. But someone in HK or even wikiproject HK will know. Benjwong 00:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Literal meaning

Wiktionary doesn't give "thin" as a definition for the first character. Is that accurate? It gives "immature." Badagnani 03:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

There is a possibility that in mandarin, people don't use this word to describe "thin". But I am pretty positive in Cantonese this character means thin. Benjwong 00:13, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 全

How does 全 mean "national"? Badagnani 23:58, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

uusually this word is followed by "country" or "nation", "family" or some other words. It basically means "all something". It is a literal meaning, so not exact 100% direct translation. I welcome other editors for input. But if you are doing a direct one-on-one translation this would be really tricky. Benjwong 00:18, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I see, thanks! I'm familiar with how Chinese leave out syllables, like how they called America 美 instead of 美国. Badagnani 00:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Like America's army. mei gwun. Pretty much. Benjwong 00:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Although 全國 ("whole country" = "national") can be a possible explanation, is there a citation that the 全 in 全蛋麵 is definitely an abbreviation of 全國? Searching for "全國蛋麵" on Google reveals no hits whatsoever. When I hear 全蛋麵, it sounds more like "whole egg noodles" rather than "national egg noodles". —Umofomia (talk) 01:42, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Material made from

The eggs are an adjunct but are the noodles made from wheat flour? Badagnani 00:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I can only safely say egg at the moment. Benjwong 00:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

There are some websites (in Chinese) of noodle companies that list ingredients. Or check the ingredients the next time you're at the grocery store. Badagnani 00:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)