饼

餅

bǐng

并 + 饣

HSK 3.0Level 5

Definitions

bǐng (noun) round flat cake; pastry; cookie

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餅.

Semantic: 饣 Phonetic: 并

About

饼, the simplified form of 餅, is a phono-semantic compound: the left side 饣, a simplified version of 食 'food', signals the culinary meaning, while the right side 并 supplies the pronunciation. The traditional character 餅 combines the full food radical 食 with the phonetic 并 (or 竝). Originally, it denoted a range of round, flat baked or steamed dough foods, sweet or savory, such as cakes, pastries, and flatbreads, and later extended to describe any flat, disk-shaped object.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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妈妈做了一个饼。

Māma zuò le yī gè bǐng.

english translation 1: Mom made a cake.

这个饼很美味。

Zhège bǐng hěn měiwèi.

english translation 2: This cake is delicious.

我早餐吃了饼干。

Wǒ zǎocān chī le bǐnggān.

english translation 3: I ate biscuits for breakfast.

她喜欢在茶里蘸饼吃。

Tā xǐhuān zài chá lǐ zhàn bǐng chī.

english translation 4: She likes to dip cakes in tea and eat them.

奶奶做的月饼特别香甜。

Nǎinai zuò de yuèbǐng tèbié xiāngtián.

english translation 5: The moon cakes made by grandma are especially sweet and fragrant.

我们在超市买了几种不同的饼。

Wǒmen zài chāoshì mǎi le jǐ zhǒng bùtóng de bǐng.

english translation 6: We bought several different kinds of cakes at the supermarket.

这种饼的配方来自一个古老的食谱。

Zhè zhǒng bǐng de pèifāng láizì yī gè gǔlǎo de shípǔ.

english translation 7: The recipe for this kind of cake comes from an ancient cookbook.

为了庆祝节日，每家每户都会准备特色的饼。

Wèile qìngzhè jiérì, měi jiā měi hù dōu huì zhǔnbèi tèsè de bǐng.

english translation 8: To celebrate the festival, every household will prepare special cakes.

Related Characters

Component: 并

Component: 饣

饼