饼 meaning and stroke order
Round flat cake; cookie; cake
How to write 饼, stroke by stroke
9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 饼
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- round flat cake
- cookie
- cake
- pastry
How 饼 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Food.
饣 gives the meaning and 并 hints at the sound.
Radical: 饣 (food), shared by 43 characters on this site.
How to remember 饼
饼 is pictophonetic: the food radical 饣 on the left tells you it is something to eat, and 并 (bìng) on the right gives the sound. Picture dough pressed together (并 means to combine) into a round flat cake.
饼 names many flat or round baked and fried foods, both Chinese and foreign, and it often appears at the end of a compound like 月饼 or 比萨饼. 中秋节我们一起吃月饼。(Zhōngqiū Jié wǒmen yìqǐ chī yuèbing.) We eat mooncakes together at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Common mistake: Learners often read 饼 as bìng because of its phonetic part 并, but the character is third tone, bǐng. Also do not confuse it with 饭 (fàn, cooked rice or a meal), which shares the same food radical.
Common words with 饼
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 饼干 | bǐnggān | biscuit; cracker; cookie | HSK 5 |
| 月饼 | yuèbing | mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) | HSK 5 |
| 馅饼 | xiànbǐng | meat pie; pie | |
| 煎饼 | jiānbǐng | jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake | |
| 松饼 | sōngbǐng | muffin; pancake | |
| 薄饼 | báobǐng | thin flat cake; pancake | |
| 玉米饼 | yùmǐbǐng | corn cake; Mexican tortilla | |
| 比萨饼 | bǐsàbǐng | pizza (loanword) | |
| 肉饼 | ròubǐng | meat patty | |
| 卷饼 | juǎnbǐng | rolled-up pastry; roll | |
| 烤饼 | kǎobǐng | scone |
饼 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 饼
How many strokes are in 饼?
饼 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 饼 mean?
饼 (bǐng) means round flat cake; cookie; cake. A common word with it is 饼干 (bǐnggān), meaning "biscuit; cracker; cookie".
How do you pronounce 饼?
饼 is pronounced bǐng, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 饼?
The radical of 饼 is 饣, which carries the idea of "food". Dictionaries list 饼 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 饼?
The traditional form of 饼 is 餅. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 饼 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 饼 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 饼 is part of the HSK 5 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
Is 饼干 the same as 饼?
No. 饼干 (bǐnggān) specifically means a biscuit, cracker or cookie, while 饼 alone is a broad word for flat cakes and pastries. If you want a cookie in a shop, say 饼干.
Why does 月饼 have a neutral tone in some dictionaries?
In everyday speech the 饼 in 月饼 is often said lightly, so it is written yuèbing. You will also hear yuèbǐng, and both are understood.