chow mein 
(chou mān)
(chou mān)n.
A dish consisting of stewed vegetables, often with chopped meat or shrimp, served over fried noodles.
[From a Chinese dialectal form akin to Cantonese caau2 min6 (equivalent to Mandarin chǎomián) : caau2, to stir-fry (from Middle Chinese tʂhaːw´) + min6, noodles (from Middle Chinese mjian`).]