# 年糕
## Chinese

* 年糕 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Nian gao (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niángāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nin$^4$ gou$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'nyien$^4$ gau$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-ko
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$gni-kau$_1$ / $^2$gnie-kau$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niángāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niángao
*** Wade–Giles: nien$^2$-kao$^1$
*** Yale: nyán-gāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niangau
*** Palladius: няньгао (njanʹgao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛn³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nin$^4$ gou$^1$
*** Yale: nìhn gōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nin$^4$ gou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nin$^4$ gou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /niːn²¹ kou̯⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'nyien$^4$ gau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈn̠ʲiɛn³⁵ kau⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-ko
*** Tâi-lô: nî-ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni'koy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ko³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gni-kau$_1$
*** MiniDict: nyi$^去$ kau$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyi-kau$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² kɔ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^2$gnie-kau$_1$
*** MiniDict: nye$^平$ kau$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /n̠ʲie²² kɔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

年糕
* nian gao (a Chinese New Year's cake made of glutinous rice flour) (Classifier: 底 c)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 年糕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 年糕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 年糕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 年糕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 年糕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 年糕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 年糕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 甜粄 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 甜粄 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 甜粄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 甜粄 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 甜粄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 甜粄 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 甜粄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 糖粿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 甜粿, 炊粿 steamed |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 甜粿, 炊粿 steamed |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 甜粿, 炊粿 steamed |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 甜粿, 炊粿 steamed |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 甜粿 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 甜粄 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 甜粄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 甜粄 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 年糕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 年糕 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 糖糕, 年糕 |

#### See also

* 麻糍 (mácí)
* 麻糬 (máshǔ)
* (Min Nan) 鹹粿／咸粿