肉饼 (ròu bǐng) — meat patty; meat pie | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

meat pattymeat pie

Measure word · 个

Examples

肉饼。
Zhè jiā diàn de ròu bǐng hěn hǎo chī.
The meat pies at this shop are delicious.
肉饼。
Mā ma jīn tiān zuò le sān gè ròu bǐng.
Mom made three meat patties today.
肉饼。
Wǒ yào yí gè ròu bǐng hé yì bēi dòu jiāng.
I'll have one meat pie and a glass of soy milk.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

Meat and pie combine to mean a patty or pie made of meat.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 餅; 饼 is its simplified writing.

飠并餅

Meaning part形符xíngfú

飠Written in full as食shífood

Sound part声符shēngfú

并

并bìng餅bǐng

Same sound today

The traditional form 餅 pairs 飠 (food) with 并 for the sound; the simplified 饼 is a shorthand.

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