Pancake in Chinese (Mandarin): 煎饼 (jiānbǐng)
煎饼
jiānbǐng
pancake
- Simplified
- 煎饼
- Pinyin
- jiānbǐng
- Typed as
- jianbing
In Taiwan, people say 鬆餅 (sōngbǐng) instead.
Use it in a sentence
煎饼是用平底锅做的。
A pancake is made in a flat pan.
The characters in 煎饼
煎
To pan-fry. 灬 (fire) is at the bottom.
13 strokes
饼 / 餅
A flat cake. 饣 (food) is on the left.
9 strokes
煎饼 is a "pan-fried flat cake". In China, 煎饼果子 (jiānbǐng guǒzi) is a famous breakfast crepe.
More examples with 煎饼
早上我吃煎饼。
早上我吃煎餅。
Zǎoshang wǒ chī jiānbǐng.
I eat pancakes in the morning.
煎饼上有蜂蜜。
煎餅上有蜂蜜。
Jiānbǐng shang yǒu fēngmì.
There is honey on the pancake.
How to write 煎饼 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
煎 13 strokes
饼 9 strokes
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