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糕

gāo

HSK 3 Character

What 糕 means

1. cake

Other readings

糕 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gāovariant of {糕|gāo}

Example sentences

• 真糟糕！
  How horrible!
• 真糟糕。
  It was terrible.
• 糟糕啊！
  Terrible!
• 再糟糕不过了
  Zài zāogāo bùguò le
  That couldn't have gone any worse.
• 请吃点蛋糕。
  Please eat some cake.
• 她酷爱蛋糕。
  She has a passion for cake.

Words starting with 糕

• 糕点gāo diǎncakes; pastries
• 糕饼gāo bǐngcakes; pastries

Words containing 糕

• 蛋糕dàn gāocake
• 糟糕zāo gāotoo bad; how terrible; what bad luck
• 雪糕xuě gāoice cream bar; ice cream popsicle
• 年糕nián gāonian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
• 冰糕bīng gāoice-cream; popsicle; ice-lolly
• 切糕qiē gāotraditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
• 寿糕shòu gāobirthday cake
• 炸糕zhá gāofried glutinous rice dough cake
• 发糕fā gāofa gao, a type of steamed sponge cake, usu. sweetened, commonly consumed at Chinese New…
• 松糕sōng gāosteamed rice cake made from glutinous rice flour, soft and fluffy in texture
• 小松糕xiǎo sōng gāomuffin
• 云片糕yún piàn gāoa kind of cake
• 马拉糕mǎ lā gāoCantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
• 松糕鞋sōng gāo xiéplatform shoes
• 年轮蛋糕nián lún dàn gāobaumkuchen (cake)
• 萨赫蛋糕Sà hè dàn gāoSachertorte, Viennese chocolate cake
• 起司蛋糕qǐ sī dàn gāocheesecake
• 起士蛋糕qǐ shì dàn gāocheesecake
• 造型蛋糕zào xíng dàn gāocustom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character)
• 重油蛋糕zhòng yóu dàn gāopound cake
• 黑森林蛋糕Hēi Sēn lín dàn gāoBlack Forest cake
• 玉米糕yù mǐ gāocorn cake; polenta (corn mush)
• 蒸糕zhēng gāosteamed cake
• 芝士蛋糕zhī shì dàn gāocheesecake

Characters that look like 糕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 魏wèitower over a palace gateway (old)
• 蹊qīused in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī
• 觑qùto spy; watch for
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood
• 糅róumix

Sounds the same

Read gāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 高high; tall; above average
• 膏ointment; paste
• 皋bank; marsh
• 篙pole for punting boats
• 羔lamb
• 睾(bound form) testicle
• 鼛large drum
• 槔used in 桔槔
• 櫜weapon case
• 髙variant of 高
• 槹variant of 槔