gāo

variant of 糕[gao1]

rice (米) + sound gāo (羔) = cake or pastry

米 signals that this is a grain-based food — rice cakes and pastries are made from rice or milled grain. 羔 primarily lends the gāo sound; the meaning lives in the rice radical.

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Words with 糕

造型蛋糕

zào xíng dàn gāo

custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character)

重油蛋糕

zhòng yóu dàn gāo

pound cake

蜂糕

fēng gāo

sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)

雪糕

xuě gāo

ice cream bar; ice cream popsicle

雪糕筒

xuě gāo tǒng

(Cantonese-influenced Mandarin) (coll.) traffic cone

云片糕

yún piàn gāo

a kind of cake

马拉糕

mǎ lā gāo

Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake

松糕

sōng gāo

steamed rice cake made from glutinous rice flour, soft and fluffy in texture

松糕鞋

sōng gāo xié

platform shoes

黑森林蛋糕

hēi sēn lín dàn gāo

Black Forest cake

乳酪蛋糕

rǔ lào dàn gāo

cheesecake

冰糕

bīng gāo

ice-cream

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