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餡餅

简馅饼 · 繁餡餅

Mandarin · pinyin xiàn bǐng

meat pie
pie
pasty

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餡: Look up this written character
餅: bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
馅: xiàn · filling, stuffing; secret
饼: bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits

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4–3 · xian4 bing3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

haam2 beng2

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noun

xianbing (traditional kind of Chinese stuffed pancake) (Classifier: 塊／块 m; 張／张 m)
(in general) any kind of pie or pasty (Classifier: 塊／块 m; 張／张 m)

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