薄饼 (báo bǐng) — thin pancake; flatbread | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

thin pancakeflatbread

Measure word · 张

Examples

薄饼，。
Wǒ xǐ huan chī báo bǐng, tè bié shì gāng chū lú de.
I like eating thin pancakes, especially ones fresh from the oven.
薄饼。
Mā ma zuò de báo bǐng yòu báo yòu hǎo chī.
My mom's thin pancakes are both thin and delicious.
薄饼。
Zhè jiā cān tīng de báo bǐng fēi cháng yǒu míng.
The thin pancakes at this restaurant are very famous.

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.

饼bǐngpancake

薄 describes how thin the 饼 is, giving the meaning of a thin flatbread or pancake.

Characters in this word

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

艹溥薄

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

溥

溥pǔ薄báo

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

薄 combines 艹, a grass part, with 溥 as the sound part.

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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