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English

1. nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
2. (festival food) Chinese New Year's cake or steamed sticky cake
3. new year rice cake, a common festive food for the Lunar New Year, made with glutinous rice flour

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 用糯米或糯米粉加工而成嘅嘅甜糕，常見嘅過年食品；廣東一帶習慣加片糖，年糕呈啡色（量詞：塊／嚿／底）

Examples

• 今年我買咗兩底年糕呀！

  This year I bought two batches of New Year cake.

• 我去整啲年糕出嚟俾大家食吖。

  I will make some New Year cake for everyone.