Chinese

面包

miànbāo
face
  • HSK 1

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Origin

For pronunciation and definitions of 面包 – see 麵包 (“bread; baked good; roll; bun; pastry; cake; etc.”).

(This term is the simplified form of 麵包).

Notes:

Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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  • characterChinese面 “face (Classifier: 塊／块 c)”
    • simplified fromChinese麵 “flour”
      • meaningChinese麥 “general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.”
        • soundChinese來 “to come; to arrive”
        • meaningChinese夊 “of going, slow”
  • characterChinese包 “to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up”

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