Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.

also can:

mee soa

* The diacritic ◌̃ represents a nasalized vowel.

[ SSS:

mee suã ]

mee sua

Hokkien:

面线

poj:

mī-sòaⁿ

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definitions

noun

  1. a type of thin, slender, salted noodle with a very soft texture made of wheat flour, commonly used in Hokkien dishes. It is similar to bee hoon, except that it is made of wheat instead of rice flour.
  2. The wide selection includes handmade dim sum and signatures such as ... its stewed mee sua with oyster in a crab roe gravy.

    — 2016 June 18. Today, "Weekend dining guide: Where to get your tasty treats". p.22

  3. (synecdoche) any dish made using such noodles

usage notes

* The nasal vowel is almost always unmarked by speakers, though it is very important to the pronunciation of the term. In a dipthong or tripthong, the recommended convention is to mark the final vowel, unless it is spelled using a repeated letter, in which case the first-occurring repeated letter is marked.

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