Silver needle noodles

Silver needle noodles
Alternative namesRat noodle
TypeChinese noodles
Place of originChina, Meizhou
Main ingredientsRice flour
Silver needle noodles
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese銀針粉
Simplified Chinese银针粉
Literal meaningsilver needle noodle
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinyínzhēnfěn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingngan4 zam1 fan2
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese老鼠粉
Literal meaningrat noodle
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinlǎoshǔfěn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinglou5 syu2 fan2
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese米篩目
Simplified Chinese米筛目
Literal meaningrice sieve eyes
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJbí-thai-ba̍k
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetbánh lọt mặn
Thai name
Thaiเกี้ยมอี๋
RTGSkiam-i
Khmer name
Khmerលត

Silver needle noodle (simplified Chinese: 银针粉; traditional Chinese: 銀針粉; pinyin: yín zhēn fěn), rat noodle (老鼠粉; lǎo shǔ fěn), bee tai bak (simplified Chinese: 米筛目; traditional Chinese: 米篩目; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-thai-ba̍k), runny nose vermicelli (Chinese: 鼻涕嘜; Jyutping: bei6 tai3 mak1) or lot (Khmer: លត), giam ee (เกี้ยมอี๋) is a variety of Chinese noodle.[1] The noodles are short, about 5 cm long and 5 mm in diameter, and white semi-transparent in colour. The noodles are available in many Chinese markets in Chinese populated areas such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.

  1. ^ Amy Chen. Short Rice Noodles / Lao Shu Fen 老鼠粉 - MaMaChineseCooking.com or លត lot in Khmer . Accessed January 12, 2007.