烧饼 (shāo bing) — baked sesame seed cake | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

baked sesame seed cake

Measure word · 个

Examples

烧饼。
Wǒ zǎo shàng chī le yí gè shāo bing.
I ate a baked sesame seed cake this morning.
烧饼。
Zhè jiā diàn de shāo bing fēi cháng yǒu míng.
The baked sesame seed cakes at this shop are very famous.
烧饼。
Mā ma zài chú fáng lǐ zuò shāo bing.
Mom is making baked sesame seed cakes in the kitchen.

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.

烧 and 饼 combine to mean a baked flatbread.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 燒; 烧 is its simplified writing.

火堯燒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

火火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

堯

堯yáo燒shāo

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

The traditional form 燒 pairs 火 (fire) with 堯, which supplies the sound; the simplified 烧 is a shorthand.

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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