月饼
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
月饼 (yuèbing) · mooncake
月饼 (yuèbing) means “mooncake”. It is written with 2 characters: 月 (month) + 饼 (rice-cake). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 月饼 is built
The characters
月 yuè · month
What 月 is made of
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A crescent moon (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
饼 bǐng · rice-cake
What 饼 is made of
- 饣shí — food
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 并bìng — to combine
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 开kāi — to open
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Example sentences
中秋节我们吃月饼。Zhōngqiū Jié wǒmen chī yuèbing.We eat mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
这个月饼真好吃。Zhège yuèbing zhēn hǎochī.This mooncake is really tasty.
Questions about 月饼
What does 月饼 mean?
月饼 (yuèbing) means “mooncake”.
How do you pronounce 月饼?
月饼 is pronounced yuèbing.
Which HSK level is 月饼?
月饼 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 月份yuèfènmonth
- 月亮yuèliangmoon
- 上个月shànggèyuèlast month
- 下个月xià gè yuènext month
- 月底yuèdǐend of the month
- 日新月异rìxīnyuèyìchanging with each passing day
- 岁月suìyuèyears
- 正月Zhēngyuèfirst month of the lunar year
- 月yuèmonth
- 饼干bǐnggānbiscuit
Learn 月饼 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 91: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.