Etymology

chukamen

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Today it means: A type of thick Japanese egg-based ramen noodle. Full definition →

Japanese 中華麺
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from中華麺
  2. English todaychukamen

Borrowed from Japanese 中華麺 (chūkamen, literally “Chinese noodle”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.