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
冰棍儿
bīnggùnr
ice lolly; popsicle
Characters in this word
棍 gùn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 昆 elder brother
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他小时候买不起汽水，一根五分钱的冰棍儿就能让他高兴半天。 Tā xiǎoshíhou mǎi bu qǐ qìshuǐ, yì gēn wǔ fēn qián de bīnggùnr jiù néng ràng tā gāoxìng bàntiān. When he was little, he could not afford fizzy drinks, and a five-fen ice lolly could make him happy for ages.
- 夏天太热了，我们每人买了一根冰棍儿。 Xiàtiān tài rè le, wǒmen měi rén mǎi le yì gēn bīnggùnr. It was so hot in summer that each of us bought an ice lolly.
- 孩子拿着一根冰棍儿，吃得满手都是。 Háizi ná zhe yì gēn bīnggùnr, chī de mǎn shǒu dōu shì. The child held an ice lolly and got it all over his hands.
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
- 冰山一角 bīngshānyìjiǎo tip of the iceberg
- 冰天雪地 bīngtiānxuědì a world of ice and snow; freezing conditions
- 棍 gùn stick, rod
- 儿子 érzi son
- 好玩儿 hǎowánr fun, interesting
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 面条儿 miàntiáor noodles