仙貝

仙貝

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (仙貝)		仙	貝
simp. (仙贝)		仙	贝

Etymology

From Japanese 煎(せん)餅(べい) (senbei), from Middle Chinese 煎餅 (MC t͡siᴇn piᴇŋ^X, “jianbing”). Spelled phonetically to avoid confusion with 煎餅／煎饼 (jiānbǐng), a different food.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ bui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianbèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-pei⁴
    • Yale: syān-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianbey
    • Palladius: сяньбэй (sjanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ bui³
    • Yale: sīn bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ puːi̯³³/

Noun

仙貝

1. senbei (Japanese rice cracker)

See also

• 米菓／米果 (mǐguǒ)