梳打餅 / 梳打饼
shūdǎbǐng
In Chinese, 'cracker' can be translated as 梳打餅 / 梳打饼 (shūdǎbǐng). Wiktionary also lists 克力架 (kèlìjià) and 餅乾 / 饼干 (bǐnggān).
Meaning: crispy baked bread, usually salty or savoury (noun)
Ways to say it
| Chinese | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| 梳打餅 / 梳打饼 | shūdǎbǐng |
| 克力架 | kèlìjià |
| 餅乾 / 饼干 | bǐnggān |
The term refers to a crispy baked bread that is usually salty or savoury.
Which one should you use?
餅乾 / 饼干 (bǐnggān) is a general term for biscuits or cookies, whereas 梳打餅 / 梳打饼 (shūdǎbǐng) specifically refers to the salty, crispy soda cracker variety.
Is it said differently in some regions?
梳打餅 / 梳打饼 (shūdǎbǐng) is the standard way to refer to soda crackers in Hong Kong and Cantonese-speaking regions.
How do you pronounce it?
shūdǎbǐng
Did you know?
- The term 梳打 in 梳打餅 is a transliteration of the English word 'soda', reflecting the influence of British colonial trade on food terminology in Hong Kong.
- The term 克力架 is a phonetic borrowing from the English word 'cracker' via the Shanghainese dialect.
- The character 餅 (bǐng) historically refers to a wide variety of flatbreads, meaning that a 'cracker' is linguistically categorized alongside traditional ancient breads.
Examples in context
- 一块饼干One cracker
- 两袋脆片Two bags of crackers
- 我喜欢吃薄脆，尤其是葱香味的。I like eating crackers, especially the ones with onion flavor.
- 请你给我两袋甜的脆片。Please give me two bags of sweet crackers.
- 这家店有各种口味的小饼干。This shop has various flavors of small crackers.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “cracker” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries 克力架, CC BY-SA 4.0.
