gāogan

糕干

Word · NounTraditional糕乾

milk substitute made from rice flour

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

a milk substitute made from rice flour and sugar; dried rice cake for infants

Traditional infant food in northern China, especially popular in Tianjin, used as a substitute for milk powder.

Yǐ以
qián前
méi没
yǒu有
nǎi奶
fěn粉
de的
shí时
hou候
 ,
yīng婴
ér儿
dōu都
chī吃
gāo糕
gan干
 。

In the past when there was no milk powder, babies all ate gaogan.

Tiān天
jīn津
de的
gāo糕
gan干
hěn很
yǒu有
míng名
 ,
shì是
yòng用
dà大
mǐ米
fěn粉
zuò做
de的
 。

Tianjin's gaogan is very famous; it is made from rice flour.

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Zhè这
zhǒng种
gāo糕
gan干
kě可
yǐ以
zhí直
jiē接
yòng用
wēn温
kāi开
shuǐ水
chōng冲
fú服
 。

This kind of gaogan can be directly taken with warm boiled water.