# pancit
## English
### Etymology

From Philippine Spanish pancit, from Hokkien. See more info at Spanish pancit. Compare Tagalog pansit, Indonesian pangsit.

### Noun

pancit (uncountable)
* Filipino noodles
** 1952, Philippine Review - Volume 2, page 6:In the open market of competition, that diploma is no good. It cannot buy a cup of coffee or a bowl of pancit mami.
** 1985, Nick Joaquin, Doy Laurel in Profile: A Philippine Political Odyssey, page 75: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, Ike Suarez, “Odds and Ends”, in National Mid-week, volume 1, page 35:Should 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.

#### Related terms

* pancit canton
* pancit mami

### Anagrams

* cat nip, cat-nip, catnip

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* pansit

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien, either:
* 扁食 (pán-si̍t, literally “flattened food; flat and thin food”), according to Manuel (1948). Attested in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) as "empanadas 扁食 paǹ sit᷾ pièn sit̄", likely referring to dumplings which its cooking preparation also involves flattening dough, just as noodles.
* 便食 (pân si̍t, “dish that is conveniently cooked”, literally “easy food”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).
Compare Tagalog pansit, Indonesian pangsit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /panˈθit/ [pãn̟ˈθit̪]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /panˈsit/ [pãnˈsit̪]
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: pan‧cit

### Noun

pancit m (uncountable)
* (Philippines) noodles made from rice flour

#### Derived terms

* pancit cantón
* pancitería
* pancitero

#### Descendants

* → English: pancit
* → Tagalog: pancit

### References

* ↑ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 42
* ↑ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 380; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
* ↑ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 139

### Further reading

* “pancit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* Abella, Venancio María de (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 119

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Philippine Spanish pancit. See more at pansit.

### Noun

pancít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔)
* (common) Nonstandard spelling of pansit.