巧克力蛋糕

qiǎokèlìdàngāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 chocolate cake

Examples

Tā shēngri wǒ dìng le yí gè qiǎokèlìdàngāo.
I ordered a chocolate cake for her birthday.
Zhè kuǎn qiǎokèlìdàngāo yòng le bǎi fēn zhī qīshí de hēiqiǎo.
This chocolate cake is made with 70% dark chocolate.

Tips

memory
Fully compositional: 巧克力 (chocolate, loanword) + 蛋糕 (cake, from 'egg' + 'cake-like pastry'). The 蛋糕 portion is native-constructed, giving 'egg-cake' — cakes in Chinese bakery use relatively more eggs, so the name is apt.

Stroke Order

qiǎo
dàn
gāo