月饼 (yuèbing) · mooncake

Measure Word

一块月饼 kuài

Meanings

1 mooncake

Made with

面粉 miànfěn 莲子 liánzǐ 红豆 hóngdòu 咸蛋黄 xiándànhuáng 糖浆 tángjiāng

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 甜品 Dessert

A round pastry with a thin, pressed crust and a dense, sweet filling such as lotus seed paste, red bean paste or mixed nuts and seeds, often with a salted egg yolk inside. Sold around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Usually contains wheat and egg

Characters

Moon + cake - a round pastry eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Examples

HSK 5

每年公司都会给员工发月饼。

Měi nián gōngsī dōu huì gěi yuángōng fā yuèbing.

Every year the company gives mooncakes to its employees.

HSK 7-9

中秋节一定要吃月饼。

Zhōngqiūjié yídìng yào chī yuèbing.

You must eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

HSK 7-9

这种月饼是莲蓉蛋黄馅的。

Zhè zhǒng yuèbing shì liánróng dànhuáng xiàn de.

This kind of mooncake has lotus paste and egg yolk filling.

Tips

culture

Mooncakes are the signature food of 中秋节 (Mid-Autumn Festival). They're round to symbolize reunion (团圆). Common fillings include lotus seed paste, red bean paste, and salted egg yolk.

culture

Legend says that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, rebels hid messages coordinating an uprising inside mooncakes - one of China's most famous food legends.