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糕 gāo

cake, pastry

Strokes
16
Level
HSK 3
Radical
米
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 米羔 ⿰米羔

Memory hint: rice

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  1. 妈妈做了一个生日蛋糕。
    Māma zuòle yí ge shēngrì dàngāo.
    Mom made a birthday cake.
    mom make(particle) one (measure) birthday cake
  2. 你想吃巧克力蛋糕吗？
    Nǐ xiǎng chī qiǎokèlì dàngāo ma?
    Do you want to eat chocolate cake?
    you want eat chocolate cake (question)
  3. 我们买个蛋糕庆祝一下吧。
    Wǒmen mǎi ge dàngāo qìngzhù yíxià ba.
    Let's buy a cake to celebrate.
    we buy (measure) cake celebrate a-bit (suggestion)
  4. 还好，情况不算太糟糕。
    Háihǎo, qíngkuàng bú suàn tài zāogāo.
    Fortunately, the situation isn't too bad.
    fortunately, situation not count too bad
  5. 生日晚会上，大家一起吃蛋糕。
    Shēngrì wǎnhuì shang, dàjiā yìqǐ chī dàngāo.
    At the birthday party, everyone ate cake together.
    birthday party on, everyone together eat cake

Words with 糕 (2)