芋头糕

芋頭糕
yùtóugāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 taro cake (savory steamed cake with taro, a Cantonese dim sum item)

Examples

Guònián shí Guǎngdōng rén huì zhēng yùtóugāo hé luóbogāo.
At New Year, Cantonese people steam taro cake and radish cake.
Yùtóugāo jiān yīxià wài cuì lǐ ruǎn, tèbié xiāng.
Pan-fry the taro cake briefly — crisp outside, soft inside, and especially fragrant.

Tips

culture
A staple of Cantonese New Year tables alongside 萝卜糕 (radish cake) and 马蹄糕 (water-chestnut cake). shares its sound with 'high,' so eating these cakes is said to bring 步步高升 — 'each step higher' — in the year ahead.

Stroke Order

tóu
gāo