干面

Traditional form:

乾麵

Pinyin (reading):

gānmiàn

Definitions:

• noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup)
• (dialect) flour

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 麵 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension