Etymology

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Today it means: A flat rice noodle, commonly used in Cantonese cuisine. Full definition →

Cantonese 河粉
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The story

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from河粉
  2. English todayhor fun

From Cantonese 河粉 (ho⁴⁻² fan²).

Words from the same roots

Cantonese河粉 all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.