ちゃんぽん

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Champon

ちゃんぽん (chanpon): a bowl of champon mixed-ingredient noodle soup from the originating Shikairō restaurant in Nagasaki.

Etymology

Probably borrowed from some variant of Chinese 攙和 / 搀和 (“to mix”).^[1]^[2]^[3] Compare modern Min Nan reading chham-hô, Mandarin chānhuò.

The initial sense was mixed together, appearing in texts from the mid-1700s.^[1]

The “noodle dish” sense is traced to a food item on offer at the 四海樓 (Shikairo, literally “Four-Seas House”) Chinese restaurant founded in Nagasaki in 1899.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Compare English hodgepodge in reference to a mixed-together food item.

Superficially similar, but probably not directly related, to チャンプルー (chanpurū, “Okinawan stir-fry”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゃんぽん [cháꜜǹpòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[8]^[9]^[3]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕã̠mpõ̞ɴ]

Noun

ちゃんぽん • (chanpon)

a mixture, a mix
champon (Japanese noodle dish)

Descendants

→ English: champon
→ Korean: 짬뽕 (jjamppong)
- → English: jjamppong
Chinese:
- → Mandarin: 強碰 / 强碰 (qiángpèng)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Entry in the 和・洋・中・エスニック　世界の料理がわかる辞典 (Wa-Yō-Chū-Esunikku Sekai no Ryōri ga Wakaru Jiten, “Japanese-Western-Chinese-Ethnic: Dictionary for Understanding World Cooking”, in Japanese)]
^ “ちゃんぽん”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
^ Entry in the 日本の郷土料理がわかる辞典 (Nihon no Kyōdo Ryōri ga Wakaru Jiten, “Dictionary for Understanding Japanese Home-town Cooking”, in Japanese)
^ “ちゃんぽん”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[4] Entry in the 和・洋・中・エスニック　世界の料理がわかる辞典 (Wa-Yō-Chū-Esunikku Sekai no Ryōri ga Wakaru Jiten, “Japanese-Western-Chinese-Ethnic: Dictionary for Understanding World Cooking”, in Japanese)]

[5] “ちゃんぽん”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN

[6] Entry in the 日本の郷土料理がわかる辞典 (Nihon no Kyōdo Ryōri ga Wakaru Jiten, “Dictionary for Understanding Japanese Home-town Cooking”, in Japanese)

[7] “ちゃんぽん”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[DJR-8] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-9] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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