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糕 gāo

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糕 gāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gāo | gao1
English translation
cake
variant of 糕 gāo [gāo]
cake, pastry

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About 糕 gāo

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

糕 gāo

Contains the radical

米 Mǐ

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

rice

Etymology of 糕 gāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰米羔

Semantic compound

米 Mǐ

Phonetic compound

羔 gāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 米 Mǐ represents the meaning and 羔 gāo represents the sound. Simplified form of 餻.

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Example sentences using 糕 gāo

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他们 tā men 分 fēn 吃 chī 了 le 那块蛋糕 dàngāo .

They shared the cake between them.

制 zhì 甜 tián 糕 gāo 放在塑胶 sù jiāo 盒 hé 给 gěi 我们 wǒmen 的 de 你 nǐ 知道 zhīdào 是 shì 谁 shuí ?

Who do you think made those doughnuts and brought auntie's belongings?

他 tā 把 bǎ 蛋糕 dàngāo 屑 xiè 丢 diū 得 dé 满 Mǎn 桌 zhuō 都 dōu 是 shì .

He dropped crumbs of cake all over the table.

刀 Dāo 一下子 yī xià zi 就 jiù 切 qiē 进 jìn 了 le 蛋糕 dàngāo .

The knife easily cut into the cake.

孩子 háizi 们 men 正 zhēng 舔吃着 zhāo 冰糕 bīng gāo .

The children were licking at the ices.

Words with 糕 gāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
糟糕 zāogāo too bad糟糕 zāogāo
蛋糕 dàngāo cake蛋糕 dàngāo
糕 gāo cake糕 gāo
雪糕 xuě gāo frozen treat雪糕 xuě gāo
糕点 gāo diǎn cakes糕點
年糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour年糕 nián gāo
糕饼 gāo bǐng cakes糕餅
冰糕 bīng gāo ice-cream冰糕 bīng gāo
炸糕 zhá gāo fried glutinous rice dough cake炸糕 zhá gāo
切糕 qiē gāo traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake切糕 qiē gāo
云片糕 yún piàn gāo a kind of cake雲片糕
蜂糕 fēng gāo sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)蜂糕 fēng gāo
扒糕 pá gāo buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce)扒糕 pá gāo

糕 gāo Decomposition & Compounds

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糕 gāo Decomposition

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