HSK 3 · Food

蛋糕 dàngāo “cake” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 蛋糕 means

  1. cake

Measure word 块 kuài or 个 gè · 一块蛋糕 yí kuài dàngāo

How to say 蛋糕

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale蛋dàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale糕gāo1st tone, high and level

蛋糕 in a sentence

  1. 我们做个蛋糕吧。

    Wǒmen zuò ge dàngāo ba.

    Let’s make a cake.

    Sentence #910525 from Tatoeba

  2. 你要再来一块蛋糕吗？

    Nǐ yào zài lái yí kuài dàngāo ma?

    Would you like another piece of cake?

    Sentence #2318394 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 谁做的这个蛋糕？

    Shéi zuò de zhè ge dàngāo?

    Who made this cake?

    Sentence #717206 from Tatoeba

How 蛋糕 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 蛋 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
蛋dànegg
  • 疋roll of cloth · pǐ
  • 虫insect · chóngMeaning part

虫 hints at the meaning (insect); 延 (yán) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàn.

The character 糕 (gāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
糕gāocake
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 羔lamb · gāoSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 羔 (gāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with gāo.

How to write 蛋糕

蛋 11 strokes · 糕 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

蛋糕 (dàngāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 蛋糕 (dàngāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 蛋糕

Words with 蛋

鸡蛋jīdàn · egg蛋白质dànbáizhì · protein

Words with 糕

糟糕zāogāo · too bad

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FAQs

蛋糕 (dàngāo) means “cake”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it dàngāo: dàn with a 4th tone, then gāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 蛋糕 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 块 (kuài) or 个 (gè). For example, one cake is 一块蛋糕 (yí kuài dàngāo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dangao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 蛋糕 from the suggestions. Typing dangao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
蛋糕 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.