Etymology

saimin

S1A1I1M3I1N1

Today it means: A Hawaiian noodle soup garnished with green onions. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

From Cantonese 細 /细 (sai³, “thin”) + 麵 /面 (min⁶, “noodle”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.