Meanings
plural cellophane noodles
- A transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, sweet potato or yam starch, potato starch, cassava starch, or canna starch) and water.
Synonyms: bean thread, bean thread noodle, Chinese vermicelli, crystal noodle, glass noodle, long rice, tang hoon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, sweet potato or yam starch, potato starch, cassava starch, or canna starch) and water.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 粉絲 /粉丝
- 粉絲 /粉丝 (fan² si¹)type of transparent Asian noodle
Chinese Mandarin 粉絲 /粉丝
- 粉絲 /粉丝 (fěnsī)type of transparent Asian noodle
Finnish lasinuudeli
- lasinuudelitype of transparent Asian noodle
French dangmyeon
- dangmyeontype of transparent Asian noodle
German Glasnudel
- Glasnudeltype of transparent Asian noodle
Indonesian sohun
- sohuntype of transparent Asian noodle
Japanese 春雨
- 春雨 (harusame)type of transparent Asian noodle
Korean 당면
- 당면 (dangmyeon)type of transparent Asian noodle
Russian фунчо́за, стекля́нная лапша́
- фунчо́за (funčóza)type of transparent Asian noodle
- стекля́нная лапша́ (stekljánnaja lapšá)type of transparent Asian noodle
Swedish glasnudel
- glasnudeltype of transparent Asian noodle
Tagalog sotanghon
- sotanghontype of transparent Asian noodle
Thai วุ้นเส้น
- วุ้นเส้น (wún-sên)type of transparent Asian noodle
Vietnamese miến
- miếntype of transparent Asian noodle
Cite this entry
cellophane noodle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cellophane%20noodle
“cellophane noodle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cellophane%20noodle. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cellophane noodle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cellophane%20noodle.
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