Chinese symbol for “pancake”
烙饼
lào bǐng
Traditional: 烙餅
pancake; flat bread; griddle cake
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pancake is 烙饼 (lào bǐng), defined as: pancake; flat bread; griddle cake.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pancake”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煎饼 (煎餅) | jiān bǐng | jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake |
| 薄饼 (薄餅) | báo bǐng | thin flat cake; pancake |
| 热香饼 (熱香餅) | rè xiāng bǐng | pancake |
| 薄烤饼 (薄烤餅) | bó kǎo bǐng | pancake |
| 松饼 (鬆餅) | sōng bǐng | muffin; pancake |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烙饼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烙印 | lào yìn | to brand (cattle etc); brand |
| 烙铁 (烙鐵) | lào tie | flatiron; iron |
| 炮烙 | páo luò | form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商纣王 (Shāng Zhòu Wáng) in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heate |
| 电烙铁 (電烙鐵) | diàn lào tie | electric iron; electric soldering iron |
| 饼干 (餅乾) | bǐng gān | biscuit; cracker; cookie; measure word: 片 (piàn), 块 (kuài) |
| 月饼 (月餅) | yuè bǐng | mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) |
| 煎饼 (煎餅) | jiān bǐng | jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake |
| 烧饼 (燒餅) | shāo bing | baked sesame seed-coated cake |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pancake”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.