| 刀削面 |
dāo xiāo miàn |
knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty |
| 刀 |
Dāo |
surname Dao |
| 刀 |
dāo |
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs |
| 削 |
xiāo |
to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc) |
| 削 |
xuē |
to pare / to reduce / to remove / Taiwan pr. [xue4] |
| 面 |
miàn |
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 面 |
miàn |
variant of 面 |
| 面 |
miàn |
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless |