𰻞𰻞麵

𰻞𰻞麵

See also: 𰻝𰻝面 and 𰻞𰻞麪

Chinese

FWOTD – 21 February 2016

		phonetic	phonetic	flour; noodles
trad. (𰻞𰻞麵/𰻞𰻞麪)		𰻞	𰻞	麵/麪
simp. (𰻝𰻝面)		𰻝	𰻝	面

Biangbiang noodles

The character for "biáng", made up of 56 strokes, is one of the most complex Chinese characters in contemporary usage, although the character is not found in dictionaries and has only been encoded in the Unicode Standard since 2020.

Etymology

Uncertain. May be onomatopoeic in origin; from the sound of chewing biangbiang noodles or the sound made by the chef when pulling the dough and slapping it on the table.[1]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biángbiángmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biángbiángmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biángbiángmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: piang²-piang²-mien⁴
    • Yale: byáng-byáng-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byangbyangmiann
    • Palladius: бянбянмянь (bjanbjanmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɑŋ³⁵ pjɑŋ³⁵ mjɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (𰻞𰻞兒麵／𰻝𰻝儿面)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biángbiángrmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄤˊㄦ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biángbiángrmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: piang²-piangrh²-mien⁴
    • Yale: byáng-byángr-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byangbyanglmiann
    • Palladius: бянбянрмянь (bjanbjanrmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɑŋ³⁵ pjɑ̃ɻ³⁵ mjɛn⁵¹/

Noun

𰻞𰻞麵

1. biangbiang noodles, a type of thick noodle from China's Shaanxi province

Synonyms

• 冰冰麵／冰冰面 (bīngbīngmiàn)
• 彪彪麵／彪彪面 (biāobiāomiàn)
• 油潑扯麵／油泼扯面

References

1. “Biangbiang Shaanxi street food”, in China Daily‎, accessed 19 November 2012