mee tai mak en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmiː ˌtaɪ ˈmak/ (Singapore)
Etymology
From Teochew 米篩目／米筛目 (bhi² tai¹ mag⁸), with the first element reanalyzed as the word mee, meaning “noodles”, from Hokkien 麵／面 (mī).
Meanings
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(Singapore, uncountable) Synonym of silver needle noodles.
I would have mee tai mak (short, thick noodles), either in soup or dry, with fishballs, pork balls or yong tau foo at this noodles shop near my house.
2006 July 30, Teo Pau Lin, quoting Wong Hon Mun, The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page L28: