水果蛋糕

shuǐguǒdàngāo

noun

Measure Word

一个水果蛋糕 gè

Meanings

1 fruit cake
2 sponge cake topped or filled with fresh fruit

Characters

Examples

她生日订了一个草莓水果蛋糕。

Tā shēngrì dìng le yí ge cǎoméi shuǐguǒdàngāo.

She ordered a strawberry fruit cake for her birthday.

水果蛋糕最好当天吃。

Shuǐguǒdàngāo zuìhǎo dàngtiān chī.

Fruit cake is best eaten the same day.

Tips

culture

In mainland Chinese bakeries 水果蛋糕 almost always means a light sponge (not fruitcake in the British dense-dried-fruit sense) layered with fresh cream and topped with sliced strawberries, kiwi, mango or peach. It is the default birthday cake style.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ

果 guǒ

蛋 dàn

糕 gāo