Jianbing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jianbing is a noun meaning A thin Chinese fried-egg pancake similar to a crepe, typically sold as street food.
Meaning
A thin Chinese fried-egg pancake similar to a crepe, typically sold as street food.
Example Sentences
She spends her free time dancing, hiking the wilds of the Great Wall, biking through the lake district, and munching on jianbings in her hutong.
At last month’s Boao Forum for Asia, a business conference, organisers were keen to dish out jianbing, a savoury pancake that is a typical Chinese street food, made by a robotic arm in a booth, similar to the claws that collect stuffed toys in an arcade (the resulting snack was not as crispy as a human-made offering).
Word Forms
- jianbings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include xianbing, pancake, baozi, jeon, blintz, blini.
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