仙贝

仙貝
xiānbèi
noun

Measure Word

一片仙贝 piàn

Meanings

  1. 1 rice cracker
  2. 2 senbei

Examples

HSK 4
Wǒ mǎi le yì bāo xiānbèi dàng língshí.
I bought a bag of rice crackers as a snack.
HSK 7-9
Guònián de shíhou, jiālǐ zǒng huì bèi zhe yí dà dài Wàngwàng xiānbèi.
At New Year our family always keeps a big bag of Want Want rice crackers in the house.

Tips

culture
The name copies the sound of Japanese 煎餅 (senbei). In China it means above all the sweet and salty rice crackers of 旺旺, a childhood snack for many and a fixture of New Year gift bags. Chinese 煎饼 is something else entirely: a savoury crepe.

Stroke Order

仙 xiān
贝 bèi