饼干

Traditional form:

餅乾

Pinyin (reading):

bǐnggān

Definitions:

• biscuit; cracker; cookie
• CL:片 (piàn),塊／块 (kuài)

Characters:

• 饼 - rice-cake, pastry, biscuit
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

Traditional characters:

• 餅 - rice-cake, pastry, biscuit
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)