Phrase guide

cellophane noodle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bean thread, bean thread noodle, Chinese vermicelli, crystal noodle, glass noodle, long rice, tang hoon

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: ကြာဆံ (krahcam) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Burmese: ပဲကြာဆံ (pai:krahcam) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 粉絲 /粉丝 (fan2 si1) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Chinese: фынтёзы (fɨntiozɨ) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Chinese: фынтёр (fɨntior) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 粉絲 /粉丝 (fěnsī) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Finnish: lasinuudeli — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • French: dangmyeon — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • German: Glasnudel — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Indonesian: sohun — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Japanese: 春雨 (harusame) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Khmer: មីសួ (mii suə) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Korean: 당면 (dangmyeon) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Lao: ເສັ້ນລ້ອນ (sen lǭn) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Mongolian: пүнтүүз (püntüüz) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Russian: фунчо́за (funčóza) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Russian: стекля́нная лапша́ (stekljánnaja lapšá) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Swedish: glasnudel — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Tagalog: sotanghon — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Thai: วุ้นเส้น (wún-sên) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Uyghur: پىنتوزا (pintoza) — type of transparent Asian noodle
  • Vietnamese: miến — type of transparent Asian noodle