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


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