蛋糕
HSK 3 (exam 2025)Old HSK 3
蛋糕 (dàngāo) · cake
蛋糕 (dàngāo) means “cake”. It is written with 2 characters: 蛋 (egg) + 糕 (cake). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 蛋糕 is built
The characters
蛋 dàn · egg
What 蛋 is made of
- 疋pǐ — foot shape
- 虫chóng — insect
- 中zhōng — middle
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 中zhōng — middle
Origin hint: 虫 gives the meaning, 延 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
糕 gāo · cake
What 糕 is made of
- 米mǐ — rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 羔gāo — lamb
- 羊yáng — sheep
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 灬huǒ — fire
- 羊yáng — sheep
Example sentences
妈妈给我买了一个生日蛋糕。Māma gěi wǒ mǎi le yī gè shēngrì dàngāo.Mom bought me a birthday cake.
你想吃蛋糕吗？Nǐ xiǎng chī dàngāo ma?Would you like some cake?
Questions about 蛋糕
What does 蛋糕 mean?
蛋糕 (dàngāo) means “cake”.
How do you pronounce 蛋糕?
蛋糕 is pronounced dàngāo.
Which HSK level is 蛋糕?
蛋糕 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
Learn 蛋糕 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 3 · Group 5: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.