HSK 5 · Food

冰激凌 bīngjīlíng “ice cream” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 冰激凌 means

  1. ice cream

How to say 冰激凌

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale冰bīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale激jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale凌líng2nd tone, rising

冰激凌 in a sentence

  1. 我喜欢吃巧克力味的冰激凌。

    Wǒ xǐhuan chī qiǎokèlì wèi de bīngjīlíng.

    I like chocolate-flavoured ice cream.

    Sentence #993684 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 给我留点冰激凌。

    Gěi wǒ liú diǎn bīngjīlíng.

    Save me some ice cream.

    Sentence #1662245 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我必须停止吃那么甜的冰激凌。

    Wǒ bìxū tíngzhǐ chī nàme tián de bīngjīlíng.

    I’ve got to stop eating such sweet ice cream.

    Sentence #335825 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 冰激凌 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 冰 (bīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
冰bīngice
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 水water · shuǐ

Memory aidIce 冫 beside water 水: ice.

The character 激 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
激jīto arouse
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 敫ancient musical instrument · jiǎoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 敫 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.

The character 凌 (líng) with each of its parts in a different colour
凌língto approach
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 夌to dawdle · língSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 夌 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with líng.

How to write 冰激凌

冰 6 strokes · 激 16 strokes · 凌 10 strokes

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冰激凌 (bīngjīlíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 冰激凌 (bīngjīlíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 冰激凌

Words with 冰

冰bīng · ice冰箱bīngxiāng · refrigerator冰雹bīngbáo · hail

Words with 激

激动jīdòng · excited刺激cìjī · to stimulate激烈jīliè · (of competition or fighting) intense感激gǎnjī · to be grateful激发jīfā · to arouse激励jīlì · to encourage激情jīqíng · passion

Words with 凌

凌晨língchén · early morning

More words: Food & Dining

叉子chāzi · fork炒chǎo · to sauté醋cù · vinegar点心diǎnxin · light refreshments饮食yǐnshí · diet油腻yóunì · greasy粥zhōu · porridge滋味zīwèi · taste

FAQs

冰激凌 (bīngjīlíng) means “ice cream”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bīngjīlíng: bīng with a 1st tone, then jī with a 1st tone, then líng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 冰激凌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bingjiling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冰激凌 from the suggestions. Typing bingjiling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冰激凌 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.