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糕
gāo
1. cake
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

糕
gāo
cake, pastry
HSK 3 16 丶

Compound Words (20)

冰糕
bīnggāo
ice-cream
切糕
qiēgāo
traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
寿糕
shòugāo
birthday cake
年糕
niángāo
nian gao, New Year cake made of steamed glutinous rice
扒糕
págāo
buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce)
炸糕
zhágāo
fried glutinous rice dough cake
糕饼
gāobǐng
cakes
糕点
gāodiǎn
cakes
糟糕
zāogāo
too bad
HSK 5
蒸糕
zhēnggāo
steamed cake
蛋糕
dàngāo
cake
HSK 3
蜂糕
fēnggāo
sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)
雪糕
xuěgāo
frozen treat
松糕
sōnggāo
sponge cake
小松糕
xiǎosōnggāo
muffin
玉米糕
yùmǐgāo
corn cake
糯米糕
nuòmǐgāo
glutinous rice cake
萝卜糕
luóbogāo
fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
蛋糕裙
dàngāoqún
lit. cake skirt
马拉糕
mǎlāgāo
Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake

Alternate Entries

糕
gāo
variant of [[糕<gāo>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
2,412
Word Frequency Rank
1,388 of 84,292

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