Saturday, December 22, 2018

The Story Behind The Most Complicated Chinese Word

One of the best way to discourage anyone from leaning the Chinese language is to freak them out with "biang", which happens to be the most complex Chinese character to be assembled with 62 strokes of writing.
Image courtesy of en.wikipedia.org

That said for pulling their legs, the typical Chinese words are much less complex than biang.

Yes, it refers to Biang Biang Noodles which is famous in Xi'an, the capital city of Shaanxi Province in central China. 

Click here for THE HARDEST CHINESE CHARACTER by Lenaaround and watch it till the end for a takeaway on the history of biang.

Click here for a review of Biang Biang noodles by Miss Tam Chiak.




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