pancit

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien. See more info at Spanish pancit. Compare Tagalog pansit, Indonesian pangsit. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: pănʹsĭt, IPA(key): /ˈpænsɪt/ === Noun === pancit (uncountable) Filipino noodles ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === cat nip, cat-nip, catnip == Malay == === Etymology === From English punctured. === Pronunciation === (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /pan.t͡ʃit/ (Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /pan.t͡ʃet/ === Verb === pancit (intransitive) To deflate due to having been punctured. (transitive) To puncture. === Further reading === "pancit" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 “pancit”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN == Spanish == === Alternative forms === pansit, pansít === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien, either: 扁食 (pán-si̍t, “wonton dumpling”, literally “flattened food; flat and thin food”), according to Manuel (1948), which he described as “[pán(cook rice to make noodle)-sit(food, meal), meat-balls sautéd with noodle.]”. Attested in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) as “empanadas 扁食 paǹ sit᷾ pièn sit̄”,[sic] likely referring to dumplings which its cooking preparation also involves flattening dough, just as noodles. See also Pancit Molo which does not have any noodles, but the “pancit” in the name refers to the wanton dumpling wrappers in the dish. 便个食 (piān ê si̍t, literally “readied food; prepared food”), according to Chan-Yap (1980), which she described as “piăn+ē+sít 'dish that is conveniently cooked, i.e. noodle dish'; (piăn 便 'ready', ē* sít 食 'food')”, but there is no evidence for the existence of such a proposed Hokkien term. Compare Tagalog pansit, Indonesian pangsit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /panˈθit/ [pãn̟ˈθit̪] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /panˈsit/ [pãnˈsit̪] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -it Syllabification: pan‧cit === Noun === pancit m (uncountable) (Philippines) noodles made from rice flour ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Central Bikol: pansit → English: pancit → Tagalog: pancit === References === === Further reading === “pancit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 119 == Tagalog == === Etymology === From Philippine Spanish pancit. See more at pansit. === Noun === pancít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔) (common) nonstandard spelling of pansit