pancit

From Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien, either:

• 扁食 (pán-si̍t, literally “kneaded food”), according to Manuel (1948).
• 便食 (pân si̍t, “dish that is conveniently cooked”, literally “easy food”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).

Compare Indonesian pangsit.

pancit (uncountable)

1. Filipino noodles

• cat nip, cat-nip, catnip

Borrowed from Hokkien, either:

• 扁食 (pán-si̍t, literally “kneaded food”), according to Manuel (1948).
• 便食 (pân si̍t, “dish that is conveniently cooked”, literally “easy food”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).

Compare Indonesian pangsit.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /panˈθit/ [pãn̟ˈθit̪]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /panˈsit/ [pãnˈsit̪]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: pan‧cit

pancit m (uncountable)

1. (Philippines) noodles made from rice flour

• → English: pancit
• → Tagalog: pansit

• “pancit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• pansit – standard

From Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien, either:

• 扁食 (pán-si̍t, literally “kneaded food”), according to Manuel (1948).[1]
• 便食 (pân si̍t, “dish that is conveniently cooked”, literally “easy food”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).[2]

Compare Indonesian pangsit.

pancit

1. noodles
2. (common, historical) Nonstandard spelling of pansit.