Meanings
- uncountableFilipino noodles
In the open market of competition, that diploma is no good. It cannot buy a cup of coffee or a bowl of pancit mami.
1952, Philippine Review - Volume 2, page 62 more examples
Behind the U.P. infirmary was a little kiosko called Bobbie's, where we could sign for sandwiches, soft drinks, pancit mami, if we didn't have money.
1985, Nick Joaquin, Doy Laurel in Profile: A Philippine Political Odyssey, page 75Should you ever go abroad, don't ever make the mistake to order pancit mami in a Chinese restaurant . This is because this steaming soup of rice noodles mixed with slices of beef or chicken is a con- coction of Chinese cooks here and is unknown to Chinese cooks abroad.
1985, Ike Suarez, “Odds and Ends”, in National Mid-week, volume 1, page 35
Origin
- Philippine Spanishpancit
- Englishpancit
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien. See more info at Spanish pancit. Compare Tagalog pansit, Indonesian pangsit.
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pancit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancit
“pancit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pancit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancit.
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