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发糕

發糕
fāgāo
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一块发糕 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 steamed sponge cake

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 主食 Staple

A soft, spongy steamed cake of leavened rice flour, wheat flour or cornmeal, full of small holes. Mildly sweet, often made with brown sugar or topped with red dates. Cut into pieces, often eaten at breakfast.

Usually contains wheat

Examples

HSK 7-9
发糕很松软，里面有很多小孔。
Fāgāo hěn sōngruǎn, lǐmian yǒu hěnduō xiǎokǒng.
Steamed sponge cake is soft and fluffy, with lots of tiny holes inside.
HSK 7-9
奶奶用玉米面蒸了一锅发糕，上面还放了红枣。
Nǎinai yòng yùmǐmiàn zhēng le yì guō fāgāo, shàngmian hái fàng le hóngzǎo.
Grandma made a pan of steamed sponge cake with cornmeal and put red dates on top.

Tips

culture
发 means to rise, as the dough does, and also to prosper, as in 发财, so 发糕 is a common Chinese New Year food.

Stroke Order

发 fā
糕 gāo