"Cake" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dàn gāo cake / CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
 bō bo pastry / steamed bun / cake
 bǐng round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 bō cake / biscuit
 guǒ cake
西 xī bò cake
 pào pastry / cake
 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
 xiǎo cài appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]
 shāo bing baked sesame seed-coated cake
 shēng rì dàn gāo birthday cake
 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too
 chá diǎn tea and cake / refreshments / tea and dim sum
 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza
 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
 lào bǐng pancake / flat bread / griddle cake
 cí bā sticky rice cake
 huà bǐng chōng jī lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
 sōng gāo sponge cake
 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
 dìng (weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
 bā a round flat cake (dialect)
 cí sticky rice cake
 cí fried rice cake
粿 guǒ rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed)
 yù mǐ bǐng corn cake / Mexican tortilla
 zhá gāo fried glutinous rice dough cake
 bǐng féi cake fertilizer
 bó rice cake
 luó bo gāo fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
 dī jīn miàn fěn low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour
 xiǎo shì yī zhuāng trivial matter / a piece of cake
 xiǎo cài yī dié a small appetizer / a piece of cake / very easy (idiom)
 shí jiè to pick up cress / fig. sth easy to do / a piece of cake
 tuó chá a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea
 zhá yóu bǐng deep-fried cake
 niú yóu jǐ pound cake
 yù mǐ gāo corn cake / polenta (corn mush)
 nuò mǐ cí rice cake dumpling / sticky rice cake / mochi cake
 nuò mǐ gāo glutinous rice cake / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
 zhēng gāo steamed cake
 dàn gāo qún lit. cake skirt / tiered skirt
 fēng gāo sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)
 gāo variant of 糕, cake
 mǎ lā gāo Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
 Hēi sēn lín dàn gāo Black Forest cake
 bàng dàn gāo pound cake
 ài wō wo glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling
 fèng lí sū pineapple cake, traditional Taiwanese sweet pastry
  ice cake
 nào zhōng wǔ qì alarm clock weapon / sloika weapon / layer cake weapon
 duō céng bǐng wǔ qì alarm clock weapon / sloika weapon / layer cake weapon
 mián zǐ bǐng cotton seed cake
 sà hè dàn gāo Sachertorte, Viennese chocolate cake
 bó rice cake
 ài wō wo glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling / also written 艾窩窩|艾窝窝[ai4 wo1 wo5]
 qiē gāo traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
 yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) / fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation / to want to have one's cake and eat it too
 yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
寿 shòu gāo birthday cake
 mǎ rén táng traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
 tián bù là deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura")
 sǎn zi deep-fried noodle cake
绿 lu:4 dòu pèng mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
 zào xíng dàn gāo custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character)
 yún piàn gāo a kind of cake
 zhěn tou dàn gāo loaf cake
 tài yáng bǐng suncake (small round cake made with flaky pastry and a maltose filling, originally from Taichung, Taiwan)
 zhòng yóu dàn gāo pound cake
case xiǎo c a s e (slang) a piece of cake / a simple matter
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