pad woon sen
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Broccoli with Oyster Sauce and Pad Woon Sen—cellophane noodles with beef—illustrated the intermarriage that exists between Chinese and Thai cuisines; both were delicious and devoid of spiciness."
- "Sometimes I imagine there is an entire subpopulation of people who live out their lives in nine hundred square feet of space [in their apartments]. The TV plays, the pad woon sen is delivered and consumed, the sun comes up and goes down."
Etymology
Borrowed from Thai ผัดวุ้นเส้น, a compound of ผัด (pàt, “stir fry”) and วุ้นเส้น (wún-sên, “glass noodles”).