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Chinese
moon; month
round flat cake; cookie; cake
round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry
trad. (月餅 )
月
餅
simp. (月饼 )
月
饼
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : yuèbǐng
(Zhuyin ) : ㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : yue2 bin3
(Xi'an , Guanzhong Pinyin ) : yuěbing
(Nanjing , Nanjing Pinyin ) : yue̊qbǐn
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : jyut6 beng2
(Dongguan , Jyutping++ ) : joet8 boeng2
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : ngut5-4 biang2
(Yangjiang , Jyutping++ ) : jit6 bing2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : nyyot6 biang
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : ngie̍t-piáng / ngia̍t-piáng
(Hailu , HRS ) : ngiedˋ biangˊ
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : ngiad6 biang3
Jin (Wiktionary ) : yeh4 bing2
Northern Min (KCR ) : ngṳè-biǎng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : nguŏk-biāng
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : ge̍h-piáⁿ / ge̍rh-piáⁿ / goe̍h-piáⁿ
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : ghuêh8 bian2
Southern Pinghua (Nanning , Jyutping++ ) : njyut5 biang2
Wu (Northern , Wugniu ) : 8 yuq-pin5 ; 8 yoq-pin5 ; 8 gniuq-pin5 ; 8 gnioq-pin5 / 8 gnioq-pin3 / 8 ngeq-pin3 / 8 yuq-pin3
Xiang
(Changsha , Wiktionary ) : ye6 bin3
(Loudi , Wiktionary ) : ue4 bionn3*
(Hengyang , Wiktionary ) : ye2 bin3
Noun
月餅
Cantonese-style mooncake
mooncake ( a Chinese pastry traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival ) (Classifier : 個 / 个 m c ; 件 m c ; 塊 / 块 m ; 嚿 c )
賈 母 又 命 將 罽氈 舖 於 階 上 ,命 將 月餅 西瓜 果品 等 類 都 叫 搬 下去 ,令 丫頭 媳婦 們 也 都 團團 圍坐 賞月 。 [Written Vernacular Chinese , trad. ] 贾 母 又 命 将 罽毡 铺 于 阶 上 ,命 将 月饼 西瓜 果品 等 类 都 叫 搬 下去 ,令 丫头 媳妇 们 也 都 团团 围坐 赏月 。 [Written Vernacular Chinese , simp. ] From: Cao Xueqin , Dream of the Red Chamber , mid-18th century CE Jiǎ Mǔ yòu mìng jiāng jìzhān pū yú jiē shàng, mìng jiāng yuèbǐng xīguā guǒpǐn děng lèi dōu jiào bān xiàqù, lìng yātou xífù men yě dōu tuántuán wéizuò shǎngyuè. Grandmother Jia also commanded them to spread the carpets on the stairs, and commanded them to bring the mooncakes , watermelon, fruits, and the like down, so that the daughters and daughters-in-law would sit around the table to view the moon.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
月餅 (“mooncake”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
月餅
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
月餅
Taiwan
月餅
Chengde
月餅
Chifeng
月餅
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
月餅
Heihe
月餅
Qiqihar
月餅
Harbin
月餅
Jiamusi
月餅
Baicheng
月餅
Changchun
月餅
Tonghua
月餅
Shenyang
月餅
Jinzhou
月餅
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
月餅
Tangshan
月餅
Cangzhou
月餅
Baoding
月餅
Shijiazhuang
月餅
Lijin
月餅
Jinan
月餅
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
月餅
Dandong
月餅
Yantai
月餅
Yantai (Muping)
月餅
Qingdao
月餅
Zhucheng
月餅 , 中秋月餅
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
月餅
Lingbao
月餅
Jining
月餅
Wanrong
月餅
Linfen
月餅
Shangqiu
月餅
Yuanyang
月餅
Zhengzhou
月餅
Xinyang
月餅
Baihe
月餅
Xi'an
月餅
Baoji
月餅
Tianshui
月餅
Xining
月餅
Xuzhou
月餅
Fuyang
月餅
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
月餅
Lanzhou
月餅
Dunhuang
月餅 , 鍋盔
Hami
月餅
Ürümqi
月餅
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
月餅
Nanchong
月餅
Dazhou
月餅兒
Hanyuan
月餅
Xichang
月餅
Zigong
月餅兒
Chongqing
月餅兒
Wuhan
月餅
Yichang
月餅
Xiangyang
月餅
Tianmen
月餅
Guiyang
月餅
Zunyi
月餅
Bijie
月餅
Liping
月餅
Zhaotong
月餅
Dali
月餅
Kunming
月餅
Mengzi
月餅
Guilin
月餅
Liuzhou
月餅
Jishou
月餅
Changde
月餅
Hanzhong
月餅
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
月餅
Yangzhou
月餅
Lianyungang
月餅
Lianshui
月餅
Nantong
月餅
Anqing
月餅
Wuhu
月餅
Hefei
月餅
Hong'an
月餅
Cantonese
Guangzhou
月餅 , 月 in compounds
Hong Kong
月餅 , 月 in compounds
Dongguan
月餅 , 月 in compounds
Yangjiang
月餅
Gan
Nanchang
月餅
Lichuan
月餅
Pingxiang
月餅 , 中秋餅
Hakka
Meixian
月餅 , 月光糕
Yudu
月餅 , 中秋餅
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
月餅
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
月餅
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
中秋餅
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
中秋餅
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
月餅 , 中秋餅
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
月餅
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
月餅
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
月光餅
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
月餅
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
月光餅 , 月餅
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
月餅
Huizhou
Jixi
月餅
Shexian
月餅
Jin
Taiyuan
月餅
Yangyuan
月餅 , 團圓餅
Datong
月餅
Xinzhou
月餅
Lüliang (Lishi)
月餅
Changzhi
月餅
Linhe
月餅
Jining
月餅
Hohhot
月餅
Erenhot
月餅
Pingshan
月餅
Zhangjiakou
月餅
Handan
月餅
Linzhou
月餅
Suide
月餅
Northern Min
Jian'ou
月餅 , 中秋餅
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
月餅 , 中秋餅
Southern Min
Xiamen
中秋餅 , 月餅 , 會餅
Quanzhou
中秋餅 , 月餅
Zhangzhou
中秋餅 , 月餅
Zhao'an
月餅
Kaohsiung
中秋餅
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
中秋餅 , 月餅
Changhua (Yongjing)
中秋餅
Tainan (Anping)
中秋餅 , 月餅
Penghu (Xiyu)
中秋餅
Manila (Hokkien)
月餅
Jieyang
膫餅
Haikou
中秋餅 , 中秋月餅
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
月餅
Wu
Shanghai
月餅
Shanghai (Chongming)
月餅
Suzhou
月餅
Danyang
月餅
Hangzhou
月餅
Ningbo
月餅
Wenzhou
月餅
Jinhua
月餅 , 起酥
Xiang
Changsha
月餅
Loudi
月餅
Hengyang
月餅
Derived terms
Descendants
Others :
→ Mongolian: еэвэн ( jeeven )
See also
Japanese
Alternative spelling
月餠 ( kyūjitai )
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 月餅 / 月饼 ( yuèbǐng ) .[ 1] [ 2]
Pronunciation
Noun
月( げっ ) 餅( ぺい ) • (geppei )
a mooncake
References
^ “月餅 ”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 ( Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan , “ Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition” ) (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Heibonsha , 1998
^ “月餅 ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 ( Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten , “ Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia ” ) (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Britannica Japan Co., Ltd. , 2014
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN