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The 口 of the まんこ

22 August 2006

Biggest Hanzui Ever

Biáng biáng noodles are a a type of noodle popular in China's Shaanxi province. The noodle is called biáng biáng miàn in Mandarin. The noodles, touted as one of the "ten strange wonders of Shaanxi" (陝西十大怪), are described as being like a belt, due to their thickness and length. The "Noodle King" chain in Beijing (梆梆麵北京連鎖店) serves biáng biáng noodles.

Made up of 57 strokes, the Chinese character "biáng" is one of the most complex Chinese characters in contemporary usage, although the character is not found in modern dictionaries or even in the Kangxi dictionary. Due to the fact that the Chinese character for "biáng" cannot be entered into computers, phonetic substitutes like 棒棒麵 bàng bàng miàn or 梆梆麵 bāng bāng miàn are often used.

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