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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *块* | 块* | *块
lump; chunk; piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饼* | 饼* | *饼
round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL: 張|张
HSK 5
HSK 5
(slang) a piece of cake / a simple matter
to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
cakes / pastries
thin flat cake / pancake / pizza
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粄* | 粄* | *粄
(Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粑* | 粑* | *粑
a round flat cake (dialect)
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟
ciba, glutinous rice cake
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *糕* | 糕* | *糕
cake
pancake / flat bread / griddle cake
baked sesame seed-coated cake
pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粿* | 粿* | *粿
rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed)
tea and cake / refreshments / tea and dim sum
pastry / steamed bun / cake
sponge cake
nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
fa gao, a type of steamed sponge cake, usu. sweetened, commonly consumed at Chinese New Year
fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
fried glutinous rice dough cake
frosting or icing (on cakes etc) / sugarcoating
a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶, compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea
double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man to his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馃* | 馃* | *馃
cake
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *籹* | 籹* | *籹
cakes of rice-flour and honey
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锭* | 锭* | *锭
(weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
a kind of cake
cakes / pastries
glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饽* | 饽* | *饽
cake / biscuit
cake fertilizer
cakes / pastry
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粔* | 粔* | *粔
cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *糒* | 糒* | *糒
food for a journey / cakes
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麭* | 麭* | *麭
pastry / cake
sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餲* | 餲* | *餲
deep-fried noodle cake, also known as 饊子|馓子
delicious cakes / popular person / sth that is in high demand
madeleine (French cake)
deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura")
a kind of flat cake made from bean flour, often cut up and fried
a small appetizer / a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
deep-fried noodle cake
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
sponge cake
low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour
pineapple cake, traditional Taiwanese sweet pastry
to pick up cress / fig. sth easy to do / a piece of cake
glutinous rice cake
glutinous rice cake / CL: 塊|块
radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
pound cake
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
Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
baumkuchen (cake)
suncake (small round cake made with flaky pastry and a maltose filling, originally from Taichung, Taiwan)
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
traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
loaf cake
corn cake / polenta (corn mush)
Sachertorte, Viennese chocolate cake
pound cake
stir-fried radish cake; chai tow kway
pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces
custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character)
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
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
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
birthday cake
trivial matter; a piece of cake
glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling / also written 艾窩窩|艾窝窝
fruit ingredients (for cakes and desserts)
deep-fried cake
corn cake / Mexican tortilla
mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
steamed cake
shortening (fat used in cooking cakes)
pound cake
Black Forest cake


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