''Bing'' () is a

wheat flour Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of common wheat used for human consumption. Wheat varieties are called "soft" or "weak" if gluten content is low, and are called "hard" or "strong" if they have high gluten content. Hard flour, or ...

-based

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bread with a flattened or disk-like shape. These foods may resemble the

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pancake A pancake, also known as a hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack, is a flat type of batter bread like cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based Batter (cooking), batter that may contain eggs, milk, and butter, and then cooked on a ...

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s and unleavened

dough Dough is a malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from flour (which itself is made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops). Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes ...

foods of non-Chinese cuisines. Many of them are similar to the Indian

roti Roti is a round flatbread originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is commonly consumed in many South Asian, Southeast Asian, Caribbean, East African, and Southeast African countries. It is made from stoneground whole-wheat flour, kno ...

, French

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s, Salvadoran

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, or Mexican

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, while others are more similar to cakes and cookies. The term is

but may also refer to flatbreads or cakes of other cultures. The crêpe and the

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, for instance, are referred to as ''keli bing'' (可麗餅) and ''pisa bing'' (披薩餅) respectively, based on the sound of their Latin names, and the

flour tortilla A flour tortilla (, ) or wheat tortilla is a type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour. Made with flour- and water-based dough, it is pressed and cooked, similar to corn tortillas. The simplest recipes use only flour, wat ...

is known as ''Mexican thin bing'' (墨西哥薄餅), based on its country of origin.

Types

''Bing'' are usually a casual food and generally eaten for lunch, but they can also be incorporated into formal meals. Both

Peking duck Peking duck is a dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the Imperial era. The meat is characterized by its thin, crispy skin, with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by ...

and

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are rolled up in thin wheat flour ''bao bing'' with scallions and

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. ''Bing'' may also have a filling such as ground meat. ''Bing'' are commonly cooked on a skillet or griddle although some are baked. Some common types include: *''

Cong you bing Cong you bing (; zh, s=, t= 蔥油餅, p=cōngyóubǐng, l=scallion oil pancake), also known as scallion pancake or green onion pancake, is a Chinese savory ''bing'' (flatbread) made with wheat dough and minced scallions (green onions). T ...

'' (蔥油餅; scallions and oil ''bing'') *''

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'' (發麵餅; yeast-risen ''bing'') *''

Laobing Laobing (also: Luobing; ) is a type of unleavened flatbread popular in parts of northern China, including Beijing. It is sometimes referred to as a Chinese pancake. Laobing can be the size of a large pizza, about one centimeter thick, and is d ...

'' (烙餅; pan fried ''bing'') *'' Chun bing'' (春餅; spring pancake), a thin, Northern bing traditionally eaten to celebrate the beginning of spring. Usually eaten with a variety of fillings. *''

Shaobing Shaobing ( zh, p=shāobǐng, w=shao-ping), also called huoshao, is a type of baked, unleavened, layered flatbread in northern Chinese cuisine. Shaobing can be made with or without stuffing, and with or without sesame on top. Shaobing contains a ...

'' (燒餅; baked ''bing'') *

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s, a type of ''shaobing'' stuffed with meat *''

Jianbing ''Jianbing'' () is a traditional Chinese street food similar to crêpes. It is a type of ''bing (bread), bing'' generally eaten for breakfast and hailed as "one of China's most popular street breakfasts." The main ingredients of ''jianbing'' a ...

'' (煎餅; fried egg pancake, similar to crepes), a popular breakfast streetfood in China. *'' Bó bǐng'' ( 薄

饼 ''Bing'' () is a flour, wheat flour-based Chinese cuisine, Chinese bread with a flattened or disk-like shape. These foods may resemble the flatbreads, pancakes, pies and unleavened dough foods of non-Chinese cuisines. Many of them are similar ...

; literally "thin pancakes"), a thin circular crepe-like wrapper or "skin" (薄餅皮) wrapping various fillings. This is sometimes called "Mandarin pancake" or "moo shu pancake" (木须饼, mù xū bǐng) in

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contexts.

Oven baked Hujiao bing ready being fetched and for sale in Taipei

*''Luóbo si bing'' (萝卜絲餅, shredded radish bing), a type of panfried bing consisting of a wheat dough skin filled with shredded radish *'' Rou jia bing'' (肉夹饼), also called '' rou jia mo'' refers to a ''bing'' that is sliced open and filled with meat, typically stewed pork or lamb meat. Some variants, such as ''niu rou jia bing'' (腊牛肉夹馍) use sesame bread and are filled with beef meat and pickled carrots and daikon, similar to a banh mi. *'' Hé yè bǐng'' (荷叶饼; a foldable ''bing'' made to represent a lotus leaf), used to accompany many rich meat stuffings and popularized by the

gua bao ''Koah-pau'' or ''gua bao'' or ''cuapao'' also known as a pork belly bun, ambiguously as bao, or erroneously as bao bun, is a type of lotus leaf bun originating from Fujianese cuisine in China. It is also a popular snack in Taiwan, Singapo ...

, a variation with red-cooked pork belly. *''Jin bing'' (筋饼) is a layered ''bing'' that is made with high-gluten flour (''jin'' (筋) meaning gluten) popular in Northern China. It is also known as ''zhua bing'' (抓饼) since its layers can be grabbed (''zhua (抓)'' meaning grab) at with hands. *'' Guokui'' (锅盔), from

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*'' Hujiao bing'' (胡椒餅), made with

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The ''Yuèbǐng'' (月餅;

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s), whilst sharing the name bing, is really a baked sweet pastry usually produced and eaten at the

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. Some other dessert bings are "Wife" cake (老婆饼), which contains winter melon, and the sweetened version of 1000 layer cake (千层饼) which contains

tianmianjiang Tianmian sauce (), also known as sweet bean sauce, sweet flour sauce or sweet wheat paste, is a thick, smooth, dark brown or black paste with either a mild, savory or sweet flavor. It is commonly used in Northern Chinese cuisine, Northeaster ...

, sugar, and five spice or

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. ''Bing''s are also eaten in other East Asian cultures, the most common being the Korean '' Jeon'' () which often contain seafood. In Japan, the character 餅 usually refers to ''

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'' (glutinous rice cakes), but is also used for some other foods including ''

senbei , also spelled ''sembei'', is a type of Japanese rice cracker. They come in various shapes, sizes, and flavors, usually savory but sometimes sweet. Senbei are often eaten with green tea as a casual snack and offered to visiting house guests as ...

'' () rice crackers, written with the same characters as but quite different from

jianbing ''Jianbing'' () is a traditional Chinese street food similar to crêpes. It is a type of ''bing (bread), bing'' generally eaten for breakfast and hailed as "one of China's most popular street breakfasts." The main ingredients of ''jianbing'' a ...

. Most Japanese ''bing''-type cooked wheat cakes, both sweet and savoury, are instead called ''yaki'' (), as in

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, etc. File:Jinyun Shaobing sold from Huangdao Service Area (20191004135437).jpg, Jinyun-style ''

shaobing Shaobing ( zh, p=shāobǐng, w=shao-ping), also called huoshao, is a type of baked, unleavened, layered flatbread in northern Chinese cuisine. Shaobing can be made with or without stuffing, and with or without sesame on top. Shaobing contains a ...

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