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碗糕

wǎngāo
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一个碗糕 gè

Meanings

  1. 1 bowl cake

About the dish

闽菜 Fujian · 小吃 Snack

A small sweet cake of fermented rice batter steamed in a bowl until it rises and splits open on top. Soft, spongy and lightly sweet. A southern Fujian snack; not the savoury 碗粿.

Examples

HSK 7-9
碗糕是放在小碗里蒸出来的米糕。
Wǎngāo shì fàng zài xiǎo wǎn lǐ zhēng chūlai de mǐgāo.
Bowl cakes are rice cakes steamed in small bowls.
HSK 7-9
蒸好的碗糕顶上裂开了，看起来像一朵花。
Zhēnghǎo de wǎngāo dǐng shàng lièkāi le, kànqǐlai xiàng yì duǒ huā.
A freshly steamed bowl cake splits open on top and looks like a flower.

Tips

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Not to be confused with 碗粿, a savory steamed rice cake topped with pork and mushroom, also eaten in Taiwan and southern Fujian.

Stroke Order

碗 wǎn
糕 gāo