炸糕

zhágāo

noun #54,729

Measure Word

一个炸糕 gè

Meanings

1 fried glutinous rice cake
2 deep-fried sticky rice dough cake (often filled with red bean paste)

Characters

cake (typically rice or flour)

Examples

早上来一杯豆浆配两个炸糕。

Zǎoshang lái yī bēi dòujiāng pèi liǎng gè zhágāo.

For breakfast, a cup of soy milk with two fried rice cakes.

天津的耳朵眼炸糕很有名。

Tiānjīn de Ěrduoyǎn zhágāo hěn yǒumíng.

Tianjin's Erduoyan fried rice cakes are famous.

Tips

culture

炸糕 is a classic northern Chinese street-food breakfast: glutinous rice or millet dough, usually filled with sweet red bean paste, deep-fried until crisp outside and chewy inside. Tianjin's 耳朵眼炸糕 (Ěrduoyǎn 'Earhole' fried cakes) have been sold near the same alley since 1892.

Stroke Order

炸 zhà

糕 gāo