Chinese symbol for “cakes”
糕点
gāo diǎn
Traditional: 糕點
cakes; pastries
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cakes is 糕点 (gāo diǎn), defined as: cakes; pastries.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cakes”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糕饼 (糕餅) | gāo bǐng | cakes; pastries |
| 饼饵 (餅餌) | bǐng ěr | cakes; pastry |
| 糒 | bèi | food for a journey; cakes |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 糕点.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糟糕 | zāo gāo | too bad; how terrible |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè) |
| 雪糕 | xuě gāo | ice cream bar; ice cream popsicle |
| 年糕 | nián gāo | nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour |
| 糕饼 (糕餅) | gāo bǐng | cakes; pastries |
| 一点 (一點) | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cakes”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.