Meaning of 月饼
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
How to use 月饼
月饼 are eaten and given as gifts around the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节, Zhōngqiū Jié), and people often buy them in boxes for family, friends, and coworkers. Example: 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.
月饼 is simply 月 (yuè, moon) plus 饼 (bǐng, a round flat cake), so it is a round cake shaped like the full moon. The left side of 饼 is the food radical 饣, which tells you it is something to eat.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 并 alone or swap in 拼 (pīn) for 饼; remember 饼 needs the food radical 饣 on the left. Also, in everyday speech 饼 here is often said lightly as yuèbing, but in careful speech and in dictionaries it is yuèbǐng with a third tone.
月饼 in example sentences
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月 yuè · moon · 4 strokes
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饼 bǐng · round flat cake · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 月饼.
Questions about 月饼
What does 月饼 mean?
月饼 (yuèbing) means "mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 月饼?
月饼 is made of 2 characters: 月 (4 strokes), 饼 (9 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 月饼 an HSK word?
Yes. 月饼 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 月饼 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 月饼 is written 月餅.
What is the measure word for 月饼?
Use 个 (gè) or 块 (kuài) for single mooncakes, as in 一块月饼 (yí kuài yuèbing). For a gift box, say 一盒月饼 (yì hé yuèbing).
Is 饼 in 月饼 the same 饼 as in 饼干?
Yes, it is the same character. 饼 is a general word for flat, baked or fried cakes, so it appears in 饼干 (bǐnggān, biscuit) and in many other foods.