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'''''Bing''''' ({{zh|t=餠}}) is a [[flour|wheat flour]]-based [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese]] bread with a flattened or disk-like shape.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Diez |first1=Patty |title=A Chewy and Crispy Korean Bing Bread Recipe That Chicago Diners Obsess Over |url=https://www.eater.com/21449907/korean-bing-bread-recipe-parachute-chicago |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=Eater |date=24 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> These foods may resemble the [[flatbreads]], [[pancake]]s, [[pie]]s and unleavened [[dough]] foods of non-Chinese cuisines. Many of them are similar to the Indian [[roti]], French [[crêpe]]s, Salvadoran [[pupusa]], or Mexican [[tortilla]], while others are more similar to cakes and cookies.

The term is [[Chinese language|Chinese]] but may also refer to flatbreads or cakes of other cultures. The crêpe and the [[pizza]], 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]] is known as ''Mexican thin bing'' (墨西哥薄餅), based on its country of origin.

==Types==
[[File:Food 朝天鍋餐廳, 台北, 台灣, Taipei, Taiwan (46557246121).jpg|thumb|''[[Cong you bing]]'' with [[scallion]]s]]
''Bing'' are usually a casual food and generally eaten for lunch, but they can also be incorporated into formal meals. Both [[Peking duck]] and [[moo shu pork]] are rolled up in thin wheat flour ''bao bing'' with scallions and [[sweet bean sauce]] or [[hoisin sauce]]. ''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]]'' (蔥油餅; scallions and oil ''bing'')
*''[[Fa mian bing]]'' (發麵餅; yeast-risen ''bing'')
*''[[Laobing]]'' (烙餅; pan fried ''bing'')
*''[[Spring pancake|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]]'' (燒餅; baked ''bing'')<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Zeyuan |title="Shaobing"; the Muslim Import which became a Nanjing Staple |url=https://www.thenanjinger.com/magazine/nankinish-delights/shaobing-the-muslim-import-which-became-a-nanjing-staple/ |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=The Nanjinger |date=21 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[Donkey burger]]s, a type of ''shaobing'' stuffed with meat
*''[[Jianbing]]'' (煎餅; fried egg pancake, similar to [[crepe]]s), a popular breakfast streetfood in China.
*''[[Popiah|Bó bǐng]]'' ([[wikt:薄|薄]][[wikt:饼|饼]]; 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 [[American Chinese food]] contexts.
[[File:Oven baked Hujiao bing ready being fetched and for sale in Taipei.jpg|thumb|''[[Hujiao bing]]'' being baked]]
*''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]].
*''[[Lotus leaf bread|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]], 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 [[Shaanxi]]
*''[[Hujiao bing]]'' (胡椒餅), made with [[black pepper]]

The ''Yuèbǐng'' (月餅; [[mooncake]]s), whilst sharing the name bing, is really a baked sweet pastry usually produced and eaten at the [[mid-autumn festival]]. 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]], sugar, and [[five spice]] or [[cinnamon]].

''Bing''s are also eaten in other East Asian cultures, the most common being the Korean ''[[Jeon (food)|Jeon]]'' ({{Korean|hangul=전|hanja=煎}}) which often contain seafood.

In Japan, the character 餅 usually refers to ''[[mochi]]'' (glutinous rice cakes), but is also used for some other foods including ''[[senbei]]'' ({{nihongo2|煎餅}}) rice crackers, written with the same characters as but quite different from [[jianbing]].  Most Japanese ''bing''-type cooked wheat cakes, both sweet and savoury, are instead called ''yaki'' ({{nihongo2|焼き}}), as in [[dorayaki]], [[taiyaki]], [[okonomiyaki]], etc.

<gallery mode="packed" widths="160px" heights="160px">
File:Jinyun Shaobing sold from Huangdao Service Area (20191004135437).jpg|Jinyun-style ''[[shaobing]]''
File:Food (40528887634).jpg|Wrapped ''bing''
File:Donkey sandwich, Hejian style (20160220143311).jpg|[[Donkey burger]]s
File:Pot-helmets-2511801 1920.jpg|''[[Guokui]]'' 
File:VM 5574 Lanzhou market Dongxiang ganmian da bing.jpg|''Dongxiang dabing'' in [[Lanzhou]]
File:GuanBingG.JPG|''Guang bing'' in [[Fujian]]
File:Dan Bing (Taiwanese egg crepe).jpg|[[Taiwanese cuisine|Taiwanese]] egg ''bing''
File:Fennel pie at Huatian Eryouju, Maliandao (20220214134542).jpg|[[Fennel]] ''bing''
</gallery>

==See also==
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*[[Bánh]] ([[bánh cuốn]], [[bánh xèo]], etc.)
*[[Jeon (food)]]
*[[Naan]]
*[[Okonomiyaki]]
*[[Paratha]]
*[[Qistibi]]
*[[Red tortoise cake]]
*[[Rice noodle roll]]
*[[Roti]]
*[[Roti canai]]
*[[Roti prata]]
*[[Hotteok]]
*[[Kouign-amann]]
}}

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