冰 bīng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 水 water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
冰激凌
bīngjīlíng
ice cream
Characters in this word
激 jī
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 敫 ancient musical instrument
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
凌 líng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 夌 to dawdle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 孩子们都喜欢吃冰激凌。 Háizimen dōu xǐhuan chī bīngjīlíng. All children love ice cream.
- 天太热了，买个冰激凌吧。 Tiān tài rè le, mǎi ge bīngjīlíng ba. It's too hot, let's buy an ice cream.
- 冬天我也吃冰激凌。 Dōngtiān wǒ yě chī bīngjīlíng. I eat ice cream even in winter.
Related words
- 冰 bīng ice
- 冰箱 bīngxiāng refrigerator
- 冰雪 bīngxuě ice and snow
- 滑冰 huábīng to skate
- 冰雹 bīngbáo hail; hailstone
- 冰棍儿 bīnggùnr ice lolly; popsicle
- 冰山一角 bīngshānyìjiǎo tip of the iceberg
- 冰天雪地 bīngtiānxuědì a world of ice and snow; freezing conditions
- 刺激 cìjī exciting; to stimulate
- 激动 jīdòng excited
- 激烈 jīliè intense
- 感激 gǎnjī to appreciate, to be grateful