年糕 nián gāo

New Year sticky rice cake

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 27997th word

Definitions

  1. 1. nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour

Characters

Character Meaning
年 nián HSK 1
year; grain; harvest (old)
糕 gāo HSK 3
cake; variant of 糕gāo