冰柜 (diàn bīng) — freezer; icebox; refrigerator | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

冰柜 (bīng guì) is a freezer or commercial icebox — the cold-storage cabinet, larger and colder than a home 冰箱 (bīngxiāng, refrigerator).

noun

freezericeboxrefrigerator

Measure word · 台

Examples

冰柜。
Chāo shì de diàn bīng lǐ fàng le hěn duō lěng dòng shí pǐn.
There is a lot of frozen food in the supermarket's freezer.
，冰柜。
Xià tiān de shí hou, wǒ men jiā yòng diàn bīng bǎo cún bīng kuài.
In summer, our family uses the freezer to store ice cubes.
冰柜。
Qǐng bǎ yǐn liào fàng zài diàn bīng lǐ bīng yí xià.
Please put the drinks in the freezer to chill them.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

柜guìcabinet

冰 means ice and 柜 means cabinet; together they name a cabinet for freezing or keeping things cold.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

冫水冰

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

冫

仌bīng冰bīng

Same sound today

冰 adds 水 (water) to 冫, the short form of 仌; 冫 gives the sound, and 水 shows the meaning.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木巨柜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

巨

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

柜 combines 木 (tree) with 巨, which gives the sound.

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