大餅

简 大饼 · 繁 大餅
Mandarin · pinyin dà bǐng

Meanings

  1. large flat bread
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
餅
bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
饼
bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
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4–3 · da4 bing3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 beng2

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noun

  1. large flat bread
  2. (Taiwan) a kind of big and round pastry used as betrothal gift offered by the groom's family
  3. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, figurative) major source of profit; lucrative resource (that everyone wants a share of)
  4. (Cantonese) coin of relatively higher denominations (e.g. $1, $2, $5 and $10 in Hong Kong)
  5. (Cantonese) dishes
  6. (Cantonese, mahjong, slang) 1 circle

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