noun, masculine/panˈθit/
noodles made from rice flour
Related: pancit cantón, pancit guisado, pancit molo, pancitería, pancitero, pansit lanlan, pansit luglug, pansit malabon
Borrowed from Hokkien, either: * 扁食 (pán-si̍t, “wonton dumpling”, literally “flattened food; flat and thin food”), according to Manuel (1948), which he described as “[pán(cook rice to make noodle)-sit(food, meal), meat-balls sautéd with noodle.]”. Attested in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) as “empanadas 扁食 paǹ sit᷾ pièn sit̄”,^([sic]) likely referring to dumplings which its cooking preparation also involves flattening dough, just as noodles. See also Pancit Molo which does not hav