热干面

Traditional form:

熱乾麵

Pinyin (reading):

règānmiàn

Definitions:

• noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack

Characters:

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

Traditional characters:

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