𰻞𰻞麵

See also: 𰻝𰻝面 and 𰻞𰻞麪

Chinese

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FWOTD – 21 February 2016

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𰻞𰻞麵 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Biangbiang noodles (English)

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

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.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biángbiángmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

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): /pi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pi̯ɑŋ³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (𰻞𰻞兒麵 / 𰻝𰻝儿面)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biángbiángrmiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧㄤˊㄦㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biángbiángrmiàn
  - Wade–Giles: piang²-piang²-ʼrh-mien⁴
  - Yale: byáng-byángr-myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byangbyanglmiann
  - Palladius: бянбянрмянь (bjanbjanrmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pi̯ɑ̃ɻ³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

𰻞𰻞麵

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)
油潑麵／油泼面 (yóupōmiàn)
油潑扯麵／油泼扯面 (yóupō chěmiàn)