| 糕 | gāo | cake |
| 糕点 | gāo diǎn | pastry |
| 糟糕 | zāo gāo | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake; CL:块,个 |
| 乳酪蛋糕 | rǔ lào dàn gāo | cheesecake |
| 冰糕 | bīng gāo | ice-cream; popsicle; ice-lolly; sorbet |
| 小松糕 | xiǎo sōng gāo | muffin |
| 年糕 | nián gāo | nian gao, New Year cake made of steamed glutinous rice; Japanese mochi |
| 扒糕 | pá gāo | buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce) |
| 果焰糕点 | guǒ yàn gāo diǎn | fruit tart |
| 炸糕 | zhá gāo | fried cake |
| 玉米糕 | yù mǐ gāo | corn cake; polenta (corn mush) |
| 生日蛋糕 | shēng rì dàn gāo | birthday cake |
| 糯米糕 | nuò mǐ gāo | glutinous rice cake; CL:块 |
| 芝士蛋糕 | zhī shì dàn gāo | cheesecake |
| 蒸糕 | zhēng gāo | steamed cake |
| 萝卜糕 | luó bo gāo | turnip cake |
| 蛋糕裙 | dàn gāo qún | lit. cake skirt; tiered skirt |
| 蜂糕 | fēng gāo | sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake) |
| 起司蛋糕 | qǐ sī dàn gāo | cheesecake |
| 起士蛋糕 | qǐ shì dàn gāo | cheesecake |
| 雪糕 | xuě gāo | ice cream |
| 马拉糕 | mǎ lā gāo | Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake |
| 松糕 | sōng gāo | sponge cake |
| 黑森林蛋糕 | Hēi sēn lín dàn gāo | Black forest gateau; schwarzwälder Kirschtorte |
