面包 (miànbāo) · bread

Meanings

1 bread

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Baked from a yeasted wheat dough, often with egg, milk, butter and sugar. Bakeries sell soft sweet or filled buns and sliced white bread (吐司, in Cantonese 多士), which Hong Kong cafés fry for French toast and shrimp toast.

Contains wheat

Used in 4 dishes

Characters

Literally 'flour wrap' - dough wrapped and baked into bread.

Examples

HSK 1

我早上吃面包。

Wǒ zǎoshang chī miànbāo.

I eat bread in the morning.

HSK 1

请给我两个面包。

Qǐng gěi wǒ liǎng ge miànbāo.

Please give me two pieces of bread.

HSK 4

这家店的面包味道很好。

Zhè jiā diàn de miànbāo wèidao hěn hǎo.

The bread at this shop tastes great.

Tips

culture

Chinese bakeries (面包店) are very popular in cities. Unlike Western bakeries, they often feature sweet breads with fillings like red bean, taro or pork floss.