Meanings
- MalaysiaSingaporeA variant of cheong fun where the noodle is tightly rolled, plain and without filling.
The air was filled with the “tock tock” of the mee seller and the distinctive cries of hawkers selling meatball soup, wanton mee, mee hoon, chee cheong fun, char kway teow, yong tau fu, rice porridge, herbal teas, red bean soup, pau and dim sum, and so on in endless variety.
2002, P. Lim Pui Huen, Wong Ah Fook: Immigrant, Builder, and Entrepreneur, Singapore: Times Editions, →ISBN, page 57
Origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 豬腸粉／猪肠粉 (zyu1 coeng4 fan2).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 豬腸粉 /猪肠粉
- 豬腸粉 /猪肠粉 (zyu¹ coeng⁴ fan²)Translations
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chee cheong fun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chee%20cheong%20fun
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