烙饼 (lào bǐng) — baked wheat pancake; flatbread

Definition

noun

baked wheat pancakeflatbread

Measure word · 张

烙饼。
Mā ma zuò de lào bǐng hěn hǎo chī.
The baked wheat pancakes Mom makes are delicious.
烙饼。
Wǒ mǎi le liǎng gè lào bǐng dāng zǎo fàn.
I bought two flatbreads for breakfast.
烙饼。
Zhè jiā diàn de lào bǐng yòu báo yòu cuì.
The pancakes at this shop are both thin and crispy.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

饼bǐngflatbread

烙 means 'pan-fry', 饼 means 'flatbread'; it denotes flatbread made by pan-frying.

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.

火各烙

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè烙lào

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

The left part 火 is fire, showing that 烙 relates to heat or burning. The right part 各 gives the sound.

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

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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