冰淇淋 (bīng qí lín) — ice cream | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ice cream

Measure word · 个

Examples

，冰淇淋。
Xià tiān de shí hou, wǒ měi tiān dōu yào chī yí gè bīng qí lín.
In summer, I eat an ice cream every day.
冰淇淋，。
Zhè jiā diàn de bīng qí lín kǒu wèi hěn duō, wǒ zuì xǐ huan qiǎo kè lì wèi.
This shop has many ice cream flavors; I like chocolate the most.
冰淇淋。
Xiǎo péng yǒu men zài gōng yuán lǐ kāi xīn dì chī zhe bīng qí lín.
The children are happily eating ice cream in the park.

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.

淇淋cream

淇淋 spells cream by sound, while 冰 adds ice, together naming ice cream.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí淇Qí

Same sound today

淇 combines 水 (water) with 其, which gives the sound.

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

氵林淋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

林

林lín淋lín

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 林 gives the character's sound.

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