糕 (gou1 | gao1) : cakes; pastry; steamed dumplings

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

糕

gou1

gao1

cakes; pastry; steamed dumplings

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 米 (#119)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

糕

This word has been viewed 8789 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

Output this character as a high resolution image

蛋糕 daan6 gou1 dan4 gao1 = cake

雪糕 syut3 gou1 xue3 gao1 = ice-cream

年糕 nin4 gou1 nian2 gao1 = new year cake, new year pudding

山楂糕 saan1 zaa1 gou1 shan1 zha1 gao1 = hawberry cake

白糖糕 baak6 tong4 gou1 = steamed white sugar cake

蘿蔔糕 lo4 baak6 gou1 = turnip cake

糟糕 zou1 gou1 zao1 gao1 = damn; what bad luck; terrible 國

馬拉糕 maa5 laai1 gou1 = steamed sponge cake

千層糕 cin1 cang4 gou1 qian1 ceng2 gao1 = stuffed cake with egg yolk

椰汁糕 je4 zap1 gou1 ye2 zhi1 gao1 (Taiwan), ye1 zhi1 gao1 = coconut pudding
See all 30 compounds (CantoDict reports 31 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 糕

買咗件蛋糕兩份食粵
I bought a piece of cake for both of us to share

魚蛋粉有魚蛋，牛丸粉有牛丸，咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven.
[A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.]

Legend
國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/700/]糕[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/700/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">糕</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 糕
Unicode code for this character: U+7CD5 (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum