油炸糕 (yóuzhágāo): fried glutinous rice cake

Measure Word

一个油炸糕 gè

Meanings

1 fried glutinous rice cake
2 deep-fried sweet filled cake

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

妈妈早上给我买了两个油炸糕。

Māma zǎoshang gěi wǒ mǎi le liǎng gè yóuzhágāo.

Mom bought me two fried cakes this morning.

HSK 7-9

街边摊的油炸糕又香又脆。

Jiēbiāntān de yóuzhágāo yòu xiāng yòu cuì.

The fried rice cakes from the street stall are fragrant and crispy.

Tips

culture

Northern Chinese breakfast snack. Glutinous rice or millet dough is wrapped around red bean or brown sugar paste and deep-fried until puffed.

Stroke Order

油 yóu

炸 zhà

糕 gāo

Related Words

油糕 yóugāo

oil cake / deep-fried sweet pastry (Shaanxi/Shanxi)

油炸蝎子 yóuzhá xiēzi

fried scorpion (snack) / deep-fried scorpions

油炸臭豆腐 yóuzhá chòudòufu

deep-fried stinky tofu / fried fermented tofu

油炸蚂蚱 yóuzhá màzhà

deep-fried grasshoppers (a snack)

奶油蛋糕 nǎiyóu dàngāo

cream cake / buttercream / whipped-cream cake

草莓奶油蛋糕 cǎoméi nǎiyóu dàngāo

strawberry cream cake / strawberry shortcake

耳朵眼炸糕 Ěrduoyǎn Zhágāo

Erduoyan fried cake (Tianjin specialty) / famous Tianjin deep-fried glutinous-rice cake filled with red bean paste

云片糕 yúnpiàngāo

thin-sliced sweet rice cake / cloud-slice cake

打糕 dǎgāo

pounded rice cake / Korean-style glutinous rice cake (tteok)

松糕 sōnggāo

steamed rice cake (soft, fluffy, from glutinous rice flour)