라면

ramyeon · TOPIK 1

instant noodles, ramen

라면 — instant noodles, ramen

🍜 ramyeon = Korean reading of 拉麵 (pulled noodles), same word as ramen

라면 comes from Chinese 拉麵 (lāmiàn), pull + noodles, the same source as Japanese ramen. Swap the Japanese e for Korean yeo and you get ra-myeon. 면 (麵) means noodles on its own, as in 냉면 (cold noodles).

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