mooncake

See also: moon cake

English

Etymology

moon +‎ cake

Noun

mooncake (plural mooncakes)

1. A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.

Translations

Chinese pastry

• Arabic: كَعْكَة اَلْقَمَر f (kaʿkat al-qamar)
• Burmese: လမုန့် (my) (la.mun.)
• Catalan: pastisset de lluna m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 月餅／月饼 (jyut⁶ beng²), 月饼 (jyut⁶ beng²)

  Mandarin: 月餅／月饼 (zh) (yuèbǐng), 月饼 (zh) (yuèbĭng)

  Min Nan: 月餅／月饼 (zh-min-nan) (go̍eh-piáⁿ, ge̍h-piáⁿ)

• Danish: månekage
• Finnish: kuukakku
• French: gâteau de lune (fr) m
• German: Mondkuchen m
• Japanese: 月餅 (げっぺい, geppei)
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• Korean: 월병 (wolbyeong) (月餅)
• Malay: kuih bulan
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ
  ᡝᡶᡝᠨ (biyangga efen)
• Portuguese: bolo lunar m
• Russian: лу́нный пиро́г m (lúnnyj piróg)
• Spanish: pastel de luna m
• Swedish: månkaka c
• Thai: ขนมไหว้พระจันทร์ (kà-nǒm-wâai-prá-jan)
• Turkish: ay keki
• Uyghur: ئايتوقاچ (aytoqach)
• Vietnamese: bánh trung thu (餅中秋)
• Zhuang: nyued

See also

• moon pie (“chocolate covered snack”)