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Ramen

3 stages from Chinese to English.

Today it means a Japanese noodle soup dish, often served with meat and vegetables
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Stage 1 of 3
lāmiàn
Chinese · medieval
"hand-pulled noodles"
literally "pulled noodles"
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Stage 2 of 3
rāmen
Japanese · 1900s
"noodle soup dish"
adapted the Chinese noodle dish into Japanese cuisine
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Stage 3 of 3
ramen
English · 1900s
"a noodle soup dish"
adopted directly from Japanese
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