Rice vermicelli

Rice vermicelli
Strands of rice vermicelli
Alternative namesRice noodles, rice sticks
TypeRice noodles
Place of originEast Asia
Region or stateEast Asia, Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia
Main ingredientsRice
VariationsGuìlín mǐfěn
Rice vermicelli
Chinese name
Chinese米粉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinmífěn
Wu
Shanghainese
Romanization
mi3 fen1
Hakka
Romanizationmi fun
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingmai3 fen2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJbí-hún
Tâi-lôbí-hún
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCmī-hūng
Pu-Xian Min
Hinghwa BUCbî-heông
Burmese name
Burmeseဆန်ကြာဆံ
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetbún
Chữ Nôm𡅊
Thai name
Thaiเส้นหมี่
RTGSsen mee
Japanese name
Kanaビーフン
Transcriptions
Romanizationbīfun
Malay name
Malaybihun
Indonesian name
Indonesianbihun
Filipino name
Tagalogbihon
Tamil name
Tamilசேவை (sevai)
Lao name
Laoເຂົ້າປຸ້ນ (Khao poon)
Khmer name
Khmerនំបញ្ចុក (num bănhchŏk)

Rice vermicelli is a thin form of noodle.[1] It is sometimes referred to as "rice noodles" or "rice sticks", but should not be confused with cellophane noodles, a different Asian type of vermicelli made from mung bean starch or rice starch rather than rice grains themselves.

  1. ^ malik (2005). "Asian Rice Noodles". Retrieved November 4, 2011.