instant mami

noun

An instant noodle soup dish that is popular in the Philippines and abroad, consisting of pre-cooked noodles with a packet of soup, seasoning, and oil that can be prepared by adding hot water.

Meanings

nouninstant mami (uncountable)
  1. PhilippinesuncountableAn instant noodle soup dish that is popular in the Philippines and abroad, consisting of pre-cooked noodles with a packet of soup, seasoning, and oil that can be prepared by adding hot water.

    One brought two boxes of instant mami noodles.

    2003, Ma. Romina M. Gonzalez, Welostit and Other Stories, page 51
    2 more examples

    When her awaited bus arrives, she passes up instant mami noodles for a chance to dip her hand in a box of old shoes.

    2008, Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Philippine Studies: Have We Gone Beyond St. Louis?, page 369

    A new era came in the 90's when the Generation Y (Gen Y), born in the mid-70's to mid-80's, started trickling into the urban development craze with the booming of malls and instant products from instant mami to instant coffee to instant beauty.

    2013, Ed S. Teovisio, The 8 Streams of Confluent Learning to Personal Effectiveness, page 22

Origin

  1. Hokkien肉麵 /肉面
  2. Englishinstant mami

From instant + mami, the latter from Hokkien 肉麵 /肉面 (mah-mī).

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APA

instant mami. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instant%20mami

MLA

“instant mami.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instant%20mami. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instant mami,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instant%20mami.

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