HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Food

面条儿 miàntiáor “noodles” in Chinese

Traditional 麵條兒

What 面条儿 means

  1. noodles

How to say 面条儿

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale面miàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale条tiáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own儿rneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

面条儿 in a sentence

  1. 我很喜欢吃面条儿。

    Wǒ hěn xǐhuan chī miàntiáor.

    I really like noodles.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 妈妈给我做了一碗面条儿。

    Māma gěi wǒ zuò le yì wǎn miàntiáor.

    Mum made me a bowl of noodles.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  3. 这家店的面条儿很好吃。

    Zhè jiā diàn de miàntiáor hěn hǎochī.

    The noodles at this restaurant are delicious.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 面条儿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 面 (miàn) drawn as one shape
面miànface

面 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a face inside its outline.

The character 条 (tiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
条tiáostrip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidTree 木 gives the meaning: a twig, so the measure word for long, thin things.

The character 儿 (ér) with each of its parts in a different colour
儿rnon-syllabic diminutive suffix
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 兒, a child drawn with a big head. Only the legs 儿 are left today.

How to write 面条儿

面 9 strokes · 条 7 strokes · 儿 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

面条儿 (miàntiáor) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 面条儿 (miàntiáor). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 面条儿

Words with 面

前面qiánmiàn · front后面hòumiàn · back面miàn · noodles面条miàntiáo · noodles上面shàngmiàn · above下面xiàmiàn · below里面lǐmiàn · inside外面wàimiàn · outside面包miànbāo · bread见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody

Words with 条

面条miàntiáo · noodles条tiáo · strip条件tiáojiàn · condition苗条miáotiao · (of a woman) slim条款tiáokuǎn · clause条约tiáoyuē · treaty便条biàntiáo · informal note条理tiáolǐ · order有条不紊yǒutiáobùwěn · orderly

Words with 儿

儿子érzi · son女儿nǚ'ér · daughter哪儿nǎr · where这儿zhèr · here那儿nàr · there一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly男孩儿nánháir · boy女孩儿nǚháir · girl

More words: Food & Drink

苹果píngguǒ · apple水shuǐ · water茶chá · tea饭fàn · cooked rice晚饭wǎnfàn · evening meal午饭wǔfàn · lunch早饭zǎofàn · breakfast牛奶niúnǎi · milk

FAQs

面条儿 (miàntiáor) means “noodles”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it miàntiáor: miàn with a 4th tone, then tiáo with a 2nd tone, then r with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 面条儿 is written 麵條兒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type miantiaor with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 面条儿 from the suggestions. Typing miantiaor into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
面条儿 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.