🇬🇧🇨🇳 pancake - 饼子 : English Lesson

Meaning of "pancake" ("饼子"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A pancake is a thin, flat, round cake made from a runny batter of flour, milk, and eggs that is poured into a hot pan, cooked on one side, then flipped to cook the other side. People often eat pancakes for breakfast with toppings like syrup, fruit, chocolate chips, or butter. They are soft, tasty, and a little bit fluffy, and you usually stack several pancakes on a plate before you eat them.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I asked for a small pancake and got one so tiny it needed a magnifying glass to be seen.

The pancake looked lonely, so I stacked five more on top to keep it company.

I dropped a pancake on my homework, so now my math sheet smells like delicious maple failure.

The pancake was so delicious my taste buds stood up and gave it a standing ovation.

I made a pancake that looked like my face, and everyone agreed my pancake was better-looking than me.

She wakes and smells a warm pancake. In the pan she cooks a thin, round pancake and turns the pancake. A child sits at the table. The woman puts a pancake on a plate, then one more pancake. She adds butter and jam. The child eats the pancake and smiles.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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