月餅

See also: 月餠 and 月饼

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

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyut⁶ beng²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngut^5-4 biang²

• Gan (Wiktionary): nyyot⁶ biang
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngie̍t-piáng / ngia̍t-piáng

  (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

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸yuq-pin; ⁸yoq-pin; ⁸gniuq-pin; ⁸gnioq-pin
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ye⁶ bin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèbǐng → yuèbing (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ → ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄅㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèbi̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-ping⁵
    • Yale: ywè-bing
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh.biing
    • Palladius: юэбин (juebin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɥɛ⁵¹ b̥iŋ¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yue² bin³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: yebin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ye²¹ pin⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ beng²
    • Yale: yuht béng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ beng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ béng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² pɛːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngut^5-4 biang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡut̚³²⁻²¹ piaŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyyot⁶ biang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲyɵt̚⁵ piaŋ²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngie̍t-piáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngied biang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiad<sup>6</sup> biang<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯et̚⁵ pi̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngia̍t-piáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiad biang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiad⁶ biang³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯at̚⁵ pi̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiad⁶ biang³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiat̚⁵ piaŋ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: yeh⁴ bing²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /yəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ pĩŋ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳè-biǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyɛ⁴² piaŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nguŏk-biāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuoʔ⁵⁻³³ piaŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Philippines, Jinjiang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-piáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ge̍h-piánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: geqpviar
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ piã⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ piã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ piã⁵³/
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /ɡe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² piã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍rh-piáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ge̍rh-piánn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² piã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goe̍h-piáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: gue̍h-piánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goeqpviar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ piã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ piã⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ piã⁴²/
    • IPA (Penang): /ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻³ piã⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghuêh⁸ bian²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gue̍h piáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡueʔ⁴⁻² pĩã⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸yuq-pin; ⁸yoq-pin; ⁸gniuq-pin; ⁸gnioq-pin
    • MiniDict: yuih^入 pin; yoh^入 pin; nyuih^入 pin; nyoh^入 pin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhyq-pin; ⁵hhioq-pin; ⁵nyyq-pin; ⁵nyioq-pin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyɪʔ¹¹ pin²³/, /ɦioʔ¹¹ pin²³/, /n̠ʲyɪʔ¹¹ pin²³/, /n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ pin²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ye⁶ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y̯e̞²⁴ pin⁴¹/

Noun

月餅

Cantonese-style mooncake

1. 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-18^th 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. [Pinyin]

     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”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月餅
Mandarin	Taiwan	月餅
	Harbin	月餅
	Yantai (Muping)	月餅
	Jinan	月餅
	Luoyang	月餅
	Wanrong	月餅
	Xi'an	月餅
	Yinchuan	月餅
	Ürümqi	月餅
	Wuhan	月餅
	Chengdu	月餅
	Guiyang	月餅
	Liuzhou	月餅
	Yangzhou	月餅
	Nanjing	月餅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	月餅, 月 in compounds
	Hong Kong	月餅, 月 in compounds
	Dongguan	月餅, 月 in compounds
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
Huizhou	Jixi	月餅
Jin	Taiyuan	月餅
	Xinzhou	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
	Manila (Hokkien)	月餅
	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

Derived terms

• 冰皮月餅／冰皮月饼
• 廣式月餅／广式月饼
• 鮮肉月餅／鲜肉月饼

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (月餅):

• → Japanese: 月餅(げっぺい) (geppei)
• → Korean: 월병(月餠) (wolbyeong)

Others:

• → Mongolian: еэвэн (jeeven)

See also

• (Jin) 國杜林／国杜林

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	餅
げつ > げっ Grade: 1	へい > ぺい Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
月餠 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 月餅／月饼 (yuèbǐng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げっぺー [gèppéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞p̚pe̞ː]

Noun

月(げっ)餅(ぺい) • (geppei) 

1. a mooncake