月餅

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See also: 月餠 and 月饼

Chinese

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moon; month
round flat cake; cookie; cake
round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry
 
trad. (月餅)
simp. (月饼)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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月餅

Cantonese-style mooncake
  1. mooncake (a Chinese pastry traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival) (Classifier: m c;  m c;  m;  c)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (月餅):
  • Japanese: 月餅(げっぺい) (geppei)
  • Korean: 월병(月餠) (wolbyeong)

Others:

See also

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
げつ > げっ
Grade: 1
へい > ぺい
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
月餠 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 月餅月饼 (yuèbǐng).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(げっ)(ぺい) (geppei

  1. a mooncake

References

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  1. ^ 月餅”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  2. ^ 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)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN