雪糕 (xuě gāo) — ice cream bar; popsicle

Definition

雪糕 is a frozen sweet on a stick — like 冰棍儿 — usually creamier and milk-based. 冰激凌 is the scooped or tub ice cream you eat with a spoon.

noun

ice cream barpopsicle

Measure word · 根

，雪糕。
Tiān qì zhè me rè, wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì gēn xuě gāo.
It's so hot, I want to buy a popsicle.
雪糕。
Zhè ge xuě gāo shì cǎo méi wèi de.
This popsicle is strawberry flavored.
雪糕。
Xiǎo hái zi dōu xǐ huan chī xuě gāo.
Children all like to eat popsicles.

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.

雪 is snow and 糕 is cake, so 雪糕 is a snowy frozen cake.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

彗

彗huì雪xuě

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

雪 pairs 雨, showing rain, with 彗, giving the sound.

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

米羔糕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

羔

羔gāo糕gāo

Same sound today

糕 pairs 米 (rice) with 羔 (lamb). 米 points to a rice-flour food, and 羔 gives the sound; since lamb can be cooked, it may also hint at food.

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