馅饼 (xiàn bǐng) — meat pie, pasty | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

meat piepasty

Measure word · 个

Examples

馅饼。
Mā ma zuò de xiàn bǐng hěn hǎo chī.
The meat pies my mom makes are very tasty.
馅饼。
Wǒ zài jiē jiǎo mǎi le yí gè xiàn bǐng.
I bought a meat pie at the street corner.
馅饼。
Zhè jiā diàn de xiàn bǐng xiàn r tè bié duō.
The filling in this shop's meat pies is especially generous.

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.

馅xiànfilling

馅 is filling and 饼 is a flat cake, together a filled pie.

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 餡; 馅 is its simplified writing.

飠臽餡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

飠Written in full as食shífood

Sound part声符shēngfú

臽

臽xiàn餡xiàn

Same sound today

For 馅, the traditional form 餡 pairs 飠 (food) with 臽 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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