Meaning of 饼
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- round flat cake
- cookie
- cake
- pastry
Measure word: 張|张
How to use 饼
饼 means a round, flat baked or fried food, and it often appears at the end of compound words like 月饼 (yuèbing) and 煎饼 (jiānbǐng). It can also describe flat round objects in general. Example: 早上我吃了一个煎饼。(Zǎoshang wǒ chīle yí gè jiānbǐng.) I ate a jianbing this morning.
饼 is built from the food side 饣 and 并 (bìng), which gives the sound. Think of food pressed together into one flat round piece, a flat cake that sounds like 并.
Common mistake: Learners often write the right side as 井 or confuse 饼 with 拼 (pīn, to piece together), which shares 并 but uses the hand radical 扌. Also note that in 月饼 the 饼 is usually said in the neutral tone, yuèbing.
饼 in example sentences
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饼 bǐng · round flat cake · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 饼.
| 饼干 | bǐnggān | biscuit; cracker; cookie |
| 月饼 | yuèbing | mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) |
| 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 |
Questions about 饼
What does 饼 mean?
饼 (bǐng) means "round flat cake; cookie" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 饼?
饼 is made of 1 character: 饼 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 饼 an HSK word?
Yes. 饼 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 饼 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 饼 is written 餅.
Does 饼 mean cake like a Western birthday cake?
No. A Western sponge cake is 蛋糕 (dàngāo). 饼 is for flat round foods such as flatbreads, pancakes, pies and cookies.
What is the difference between 饼 and 饼干?
饼 is a broad word for flat round foods of many kinds. 饼干 (bǐnggān) specifically means dry, crisp biscuits, crackers or cookies.