chow mein (n.)

炒面是一道中国菜，由炒面条和酱汁组成，1898年起源于美国英语，源自中文 ch'ao mien，据说意思是“炸面团”。

Whereas the majority of Chinese culinary terms in English have become established since the Second World War, with the rise of the Chinese restaurant, chow mein belongs to an earlier stratum, introduced via the West Coast of America in the early years of the twentieth century, and institutionalized in the 1920s and 1930s as the archetypal Sino-American dish. [Ayto, "Diner's Dictionary"]

尽管英语中的大多数中国烹饪术语都是在二战后随着中国餐馆的兴起而确立的，但 chow mein 属于早期阶段，于20世纪初通过美国西海岸引入，并在20世纪20年代和30年代作为典型的中美菜肴而被制度化。[Ayto，“Diner's Dictionary”]