河粉

Chinese

		river	dust; powder
trad. (河粉)		河	粉
simp. #(河粉)		河	粉

A thinner version of Shahe fen

Wide shahe fen stir-fried with soy sauce and chicken

Etymology

Short for 沙河粉 (shāhéfěn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héfěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho^4-2 fan², ho⁴ fan²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶wu-fen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héfěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héfěn
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-fên³
    • Yale: hé-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herfeen
    • Palladius: хэфэнь (xɛfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho^4-2 fan², ho⁴ fan²
    • Yale: hó fán, hòh fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho^4-2 fan², ho⁴ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho^4-2 fen², ho⁴ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹⁻³⁵ fɐn³⁵/, /hɔː²¹ fɐn³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-fen
    • MiniDict: wu^去 fen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-fen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² fən⁴⁴/

Noun

河粉

1. shahe fen; hor fun (a kind of broad, flat rice noodles used in Cantonese cuisine)

   越南河粉 [Cantonese]  ―  jyut⁶ naam⁴ ho^4-2 fan² [Jyutping]  ―  phở

Usage notes

• In the Philippines, the dish is more commonly known by the Cantonese term, usually written as "Hofan" in English-language menus in Chinese restaurants; when speaking Hokkien, people also just use the Cantonese name of the dish.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沙河粉 (“broad, flat rice noodles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Malaysia	河粉, 粿條
	Singapore	粿條, 河粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沙河粉, 河粉, 河
	Hong Kong	河粉, 河, 貴刁 Malaysian style
	Taishan	沙河粉
	Dongguan	沙河粉, 河粉, 河
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	河粉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	河粉
Hakka	Meixian	粄皮, 沙河粉
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	沙河粉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	粄條
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	面帕粄
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	粄條
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	粄條
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	粄條
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	粄條
Southern Min	Xiamen	粿條
	Zhangzhou	粿仔條, 粿條
	Taipei	粿仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	粿仔條
	Kaohsiung	粿仔
	Yilan	粿仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	粿仔
	Taichung	粿仔
	Tainan	粿仔
	Hsinchu	粿仔條
	Penghu (Magong)	粿條
	Penang (Hokkien)	粿條
	Singapore (Hokkien)	粿條
	Chaozhou	粿條
	Shantou	粿條
	Haifeng	粿條
	Bangkok (Teochew)	粿條
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	粿條
	Singapore (Teochew)	粿條
	Wenchang	粄條
	Singapore (Hainanese)	粿條
Wu	Shanghai	河粉

Derived terms

• 乾炒牛河／干炒牛河 (gānchǎo niúhé)

 

Descendants

• → English: hor fun