饼干
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 4
饼干 (bǐnggān) · biscuit
饼干 (bǐnggān) means “biscuit; cookie; cracker”. It is written with 2 characters: 饼 (rice-cake) + 干 (dry). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 饼干 is built
The characters
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
干 gān · dry
What 干 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A club or axe (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
孩子们喜欢吃饼干。Háizimen xǐhuan chī bǐnggān.Children like eating cookies.
你要不要吃块饼干？Nǐ yào bù yào chī kuài bǐnggān?Would you like a cookie?
Questions about 饼干
What does 饼干 mean?
饼干 (bǐnggān) means “biscuit; cookie; cracker”.
How do you pronounce 饼干?
饼干 is pronounced bǐnggān.
Which HSK level is 饼干?
饼干 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 月饼yuèbingmooncake
- 干净gānjìngclean
- 干什么gànshénmewhat to do
- 干杯gānbēicheers!
- 干活儿gànhuórto work
- 干吗gànmáwhy
- 能干nénggàncapable
- 干脆gāncuìsimply
- 干燥gānzàodry
- 才干cáigànability
Learn 饼干 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 3: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.