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冰箱

冰箱

Chinese

ice box; trunk; chest
simp. and trad.
(冰箱)

Noun

冰箱

  1. refrigerator
    冰箱食物 [MSC, trad.]
    冰箱食物 [MSC, simp.]
    Bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō shíwù. [Pinyin]
    There is a lot of food in the refrigerator.
  2. (Cantonese) freezer
    記住屋企雪糕冰箱 [Cantonese, trad.]
    记住屋企雪糕冰箱 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Gei3 zyu6 jat1 faan1 dou3 uk1 kei5, zau6 dan2 di1 syut3 gou1 jap6bing1 soeng1 laa3. [Jyutping]
    Remember to put the ice cream in the freezer once you get home.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 冰箱 (“refrigerator”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 冰箱
Mandarin Beijing 冰箱
Taiwan 冰箱
Cantonese Guangzhou 雪櫃
Hong Kong 雪櫃
Taishan 雪櫃
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 冰箱
Liudui (S. Sixian) 冰箱
Hsinchu (Hailu) 冰箱
Dongshi (Dabu) 冰箱
Zhuolan (Raoping) 冰箱
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 冰箱
Min Nan Quanzhou 冰櫥、霜櫥冰箱
Xiamen 冰櫥、霜櫃、冰櫃冰箱
Zhangzhou 冰箱
Taipei 冰箱
Kaohsiung 冰箱
Malaysia 霜櫥
Dialectal synonyms of 冰櫃 (“freezer”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 冰櫃
Mandarin Beijing 冰櫃雪櫃
Taiwan 冰櫃
Cantonese Hong Kong 冰箱冰櫃

Derived terms