黄饼

黃餅
huángbǐng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 yellowcake (uranium concentrate U₃O₈)

Examples

HSK 4
Gāi guó chūkǒu dàliàng huángbǐng.
That country exports large quantities of yellowcake.
HSK 7-9
Huángbǐng shì hé ránliào shēngchǎn de zhōngjiān chǎnpǐn.
Yellowcake is an intermediate product in nuclear fuel production.

Tips

culture
Nuclear-industry term. The name comes from the literally yellow color of milled uranium ore concentrate. In other contexts 黄饼 can also refer to actual yellow cakes (food); context disambiguates.

Stroke Order

黄 huáng
饼 bǐng