饼干

餅乾

bǐnggān

noun HSK 5 #2,298

Measure Word

一块饼干 kuài

Meanings

1 biscuit
2 cracker
3 cookie

Characters

flat cake/pastry

Examples

我想吃几块饼干。

Wǒ xiǎng chī jǐ kuài bǐnggān.

I want to eat a few cookies.

这种饼干很受孩子们欢迎。

Zhè zhǒng bǐnggān hěn shòu háizimen huānyíng.

This kind of cookie is very popular with children.

超市里有很多种饼干。

Chāoshì lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhǒng bǐnggān.

There are many kinds of biscuits in the supermarket.

Tips

history

Literally 'dry cake' (饼 = cake + 干 = dry), which perfectly describes the texture of a biscuit or cracker.

Stroke Order

饼 bǐng

干 gàn