gāo

common
noun

Meaning of

糕 means cake; pastry; a Chinese surname. Pronounced gāo.

  • cake; pastry
  • a Chinese surname

Character Info

Radical
Strokes16
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

hěn
huān
chī
gāng
chū
de
dàn
gāo
 

She really likes eating hot cakes fresh out of the oven.

Chūn
jié
de
shí
hou
 
Zhōng
guó
rén
guàn
chī
nián
gāo
 

During the Spring Festival, Chinese people customarily eat New Year rice cakes.

Zhè
jiā
lǎo
hào
diàn
de
guì
huā
gāo
hěn
yǒu
míng
 

The osmanthus cakes from this time-honored shop are very famous.

xiǎng
gěi
ér
zi
mǎi
kuài
绿
dòu
gāo
dāng
líng
shí
 

I want to buy a piece of mung bean cake for my son as a snack.

Xià
tiān
chī
xuě
gāo
jiě
shǔ
 

Eating ice cream in the summer can help relieve the heat.