月 yuè
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
月饼
yuèbǐng
mooncake
Characters in this word
饼 bǐng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 并 to combine, to annex
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我买月饼。 Wǒ mǎi yuèbǐng. I buy mooncakes.
- 月饼很好吃。 Yuèbǐng hěn hǎochī. Mooncakes are very tasty.
- 你吃月饼吗？ Nǐ chī yuèbǐng ma? Do you eat mooncakes?