春饼 (chūnbǐng) · spring pancake

Measure Word

一张春饼 zhāng

Meanings

1 spring pancake

Made with

面粉 miànfěn 猪肉 zhūròu 鸡蛋 jīdàn 豆芽 dòuyá 菠菜 bōcài 甜面酱 tiánmiànjiàng

About the dish

京菜 Beijing · 主食 Staple

A stack of thin, soft wheat pancakes with several plates of shredded fillings, such as pork, scrambled egg, bean sprouts, potato and scallion with sweet bean sauce, that you roll up yourself at the table.

Usually contains egg and wheat

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

立春那天我们家总要吃春饼。

Lìchūn nàtiān wǒmen jiā zǒng yào chī chūnbǐng.

On the Beginning of Spring day, our family always eats spring pancakes.

HSK 7-9

他用春饼卷了点京酱肉丝。

Tā yòng chūnbǐng juǎn le diǎn jīngjiàngròusī.

He rolled some shredded pork in bean sauce in a spring pancake.

Tips

culture

Eaten on 立春 (Beginning of Spring); the custom is called 咬春 ('biting into spring'). Thin wheat pancakes wrapped around shredded pork, bean sprouts, scallions, sometimes egg. Precursor to 春卷 (spring rolls), which are fried.