biangbiang noodles

English

Biangbiang noodles

The character for "biáng"

Etymology

Partial calque from Mandarin 𰻞𰻞麵／𰻝𰻝面 (biángbiángmiàn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.æŋ ˈbi.æŋ/, /ˈbi.ɑŋ ˈbi.ɑŋ/

Noun

biangbiang noodles pl (plural only)

1. A type of thick noodle from China's Shaanxi province, said to be named for the sound a noodle makes when slapped against the work surface while being made, and famed for the unusually complex Chinese character used in its name (𰻞／𰻝 (biáng)).

Translations

type of noodle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 𰻞𰻞麵／𰻝𰻝面 (zh) (biángbiángmiàn), 𰻞𰻞兒麵／𰻝𰻝儿面 (zh) (biángbiángrmiàn), 油潑扯麵／油泼扯面 (yóupō chěmiàn), 油潑麵／油泼面 (yóupōmiàn)

• French: nouilles biang biang
• German: Biángbiang-Nudeln
• Japanese: ビャンビャン麺 (byanbyan-men)
• Korean: 뱡뱡면 (byangbyang-myeon)
• Norwegian: biangbiangnudler
• Russian: лапша бянбян f (lapša bjanbjan)
• Swedish: biangbiangnudlar

Further reading

• biangbiang noodles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia