Silver needle noodles

Silver needle noodles
Alternative namesRat noodle
TypeChinese noodles
Place of originChina, Meizhou
Main ingredientsRice flour
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Silver needle noodles
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese銀針粉
Simplified Chinese银针粉
Literal meaningsilver needle noodle
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinyínzhēnfěn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingngan4 zam1 fan2
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese老鼠粉
Literal meaningrat noodle
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinlǎoshǔfěn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinglou5 syu2 fan2
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese米篩目
Simplified Chinese米筛目
Literal meaningrice sieve eyes
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJbí-thai-ba̍k
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetbánh lọt mặn
Thai name
Thaiเกี้ยมอี๋
RTGSkiam-i
Khmer name
Khmerលត

Silver needle noodle (simplified Chinese: 银针粉; traditional Chinese: 銀針粉; pinyin: yín zhēn fěn), rat noodle (老鼠粉; lǎo shǔ fěn), bee tai bak (simplified Chinese: 米筛目; traditional Chinese: 米篩目; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-thai-ba̍k), runny nose vermicelli (Chinese: 鼻涕嘜; Jyutping: bei6 tai3 mak1) or lot (Khmer: លត), giam ee (เกี้ยมอี๋) is a variety of Chinese noodle. The noodles are short, about 5 cm long and 5 mm in diameter, and white semi-transparent in colour. The noodles are available in many Chinese markets in Chinese populated areas such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia,Brunei,Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.