jianbing guozi
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A popular Chinese street food originating in Tianjin; a subcategory of jianbing that consists of pancakes made from mung bean flour, eggs, and youtiao, served with sweet bean sauce, diced green onion, and optionally chili sauce.
Example Sentences
- "Commander Meng, I am most honoured to welcome you to our home. Please, would you consent to sitting over jianbing guozi with us?"
- "Jianbing guozi, a thin pancake made of millet flour, is a popular night snack."
- "Xiaojie: Oh, dad, look, what’s this? / Huang Renhao: Oh, this is jianbing guozi—Chinese pancake. / Xiaojie: What guozi? Does it have something to do with fruit? / Huang Renhao: No, it’s a type of pancake, made with egg, then rolled up with stuffing inside. Want to try it?"
- "Mr. Song of the catering industry association has said that one of the snack’s two primary strains, the jianbing guozi, has a 600-year history in Tianjin."
- "Image shows a motivational poster in a jianbing guozi 煎饼馃子 (savoury pancake) shop. It reads ‘Those who conquer the world will be like this: In the beginning, they will they will try to find paradise in their dreams, but in the end, when they are unable to find it, they “will build it themselves. – Eat a jianbing guozi and go conquer the world!”’"
Etymology
From Chinese 煎饼馃子 (jiānbǐng guǒzi).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 煎饼馃子