mooncake

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnkeɪk/
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• General-American: /ˈmunkeɪk/
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From moon + cake, a calque of Mandarin 月餅 /月饼 (yuèbíng, “mooncake”), from 月 (yuè, “moon”) + 餅 /饼 (bíng, “pastry; biscuit, cookie”), probably because the pastry’s traditional round shape resembles the full moon visible during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَعْكَة اَلْقَمَر — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Burmese: လမုန့် (la.mun.) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Catalan: pastisset de lluna — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Cherokee: ᏅᏓ ᎦᏚ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ (nvda gadu uganasda) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Chinese Cantonese: 月餅 /月饼 (jyut6 beng2) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Chinese: 月餅 /月饼 (zh-min-nan) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Chinese Mandarin: 月餅 /月饼 (yuèbǐng) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Danish: månekage — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Dutch: maankoek — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Finnish: kuukakku — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• French: gâteau de lune — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Georgian: მთვარის ნამცხვარი (mtvaris namcxvari) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• German: Mondkuchen — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Indonesian: kue bulan — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Japanese: 月餅 (geppei) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Khmer: នំព្រះច័ន្ទ (numprĕəhcantɔɔ) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Khmer: នំសែនព្រះខែ (numsaenprĕəhkhae) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Korean: 월병 (wolbyeong) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Macanese: bôlo batê-pau — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Malay: kuih bulan — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡝᡶᡝᠨ (biyangga efen) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Portuguese: bolo lunar — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Russian: лу́нный пиро́г (lúnnyj piróg) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Spanish: pastel de luna — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Swedish: månkaka — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Thai: ขนมไหว้พระจันทร์ (kà-nǒm-wâai-prá-jan) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Turkish: ay keki — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Uyghur: ئايتوقاچ (aytoqach) — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Vietnamese: bánh trung thu — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Zhuang: nyued — Chinese pastry usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival