(Singapore, Malaysia) A Southeast Asian noodle dish made from flat rice noodles, soy sauce, chili, prawns and other common stir-fry ingredients.
# Char kway teow Char kway teow Southeast Asian rice noodle dish This article is about the Chinese noodle dish usually served in Malaysia and Singapore.
2. [↑](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_kway_teow#cite_ref-2 "Volver arriba")Lavina (12 de septiembre de 2022). [«Char Kway Teow (Malaysian Flat Wide Rice Noodles Stir-fry)»](https://thatspicychick.com/char-kway-teo…
(Singapore, Malaysia) A Southeast Asian noodle dish made from flat rice noodles, soy sauce, chili, prawns and other common stir-fry ingredients.
"char kway teow" means a southeast asian noodle dish made from flat rice noodles, soy sauce, chili, prawns and other common stir-fry ingredients. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"char kway teow" means a southeast asian noodle dish made from flat rice noodles, soy sauce, chili, prawns and other common stir-fry ingredients. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
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(Malaysia, Singapore) A type of flat rice noodles, commonly used in Hokkien and Teochew cuisine.
(Singapore, Malaysia) A Teochew dish of flat rice sheets in a soy sauce broth and an array of braised meats (offal, tongue, rinds, pork belly, etc.) and preserved vegetables.
(Singapore) A dish of yellow noodles and vegetables in broth.
(Singapore) A Chinese dish of noodles in a rich dark soup stock with prawns, pork slices, bean sprouts, etc., topped with fried shallots and spring onion.
But one thing they all agree on is that the best char kway teow can be found in Penang.**  50 Reasons to Love the World - 2021 Why do you love the world?
"char kway teow" is informal English meaning a southeast asian noodle dish made from flat rice noodles, soy sauce, chili, prawns and other common stir-fry ingredients. It is part of Singapore / Malaysian English. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "a southeast asian noodle dish made from flat rice noodles" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "char kway teow" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing.
“# Char kway teow Char kway teow Southeast Asian rice noodle dish This article is about the Chinese noodle dish usually served in Malaysia and Singapore.”
“2. [↑](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_kway_teow#cite_ref-2 "Volver arriba")Lavina (12 de septiembre de 2022). [«Char Kway Teow (Malaysian Flat Wide Rice Noodles Stir-fry)»](https://thatspicychick.com/char-kway-teow/). _That Spicy Chick_(en inglés estadounidense).”
“But one thing they all agree on is that the best char kway teow can be found in Penang.**  50 Reasons to Love the World - 2021 Why do you love the world?”
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(India) A kind of stir-fried rice or egg noodle dish in Indo-Chinese cuisine.