方便面 (fāng biàn miàn) — instant noodles

Definition

A packaged noodle product you cook quickly in hot water — a specific type of food, while 快餐 (fast food) is the broader category of quick meals.

noun

instant noodles

Measure word · 包

方便面。
Wǒ mǎi le yì bāo fāng biàn miàn.
I bought a pack of instant noodles.
方便面？
Nǐ xǐ huan chī nǎ zhǒng fāng biàn miàn?
What kind of instant noodles do you like?
方便面。
Tā chī le yì wǎn fāng biàn miàn.
He ate a bowl of instant noodles.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

方便convenient

方fāngconvenient便biànconvenient

联合Coordinate

方便 gives the idea of being easy and quick, and 面 names the noodles, so together they name noodles made convenient to eat.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

亻更便

便 pairs 亻 (person) with 更 (to change), showing a person changing posture to become comfortable.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

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