冰淇淋

Chinese

		ice	cream
simp. and trad. (冰淇淋)		冰	淇淋

冰淇淋

Etymology

Partial calque of English ice cream, via a southern Chinese language.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “via Taiwanese Hokkien 冰淇淋 (peng-kî-lîm, literally “ice cream”)?”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bīngqílín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бинҗилин (binžilin, I-III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ kei⁴ lam^4-2 / bing¹ kei⁴ lam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pên-khì-lìm / pîn-kî-lîn / pên-kî-lìn
• Eastern Min (BUC): bĭng-gì-lìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng-kî-lîm / peng-kî-lîn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pin-ji-lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngqílín → bīngqilín (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ → ㄅㄧㄥ ˙ㄑㄧ ㄌㄧㄣˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingci̊lín
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-chʻi⁵-lin²
    • Yale: bīng-chi-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing.chyilin
    • Palladius: бинцилинь (bincilinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/ → /piŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi² lin³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бинҗилин (binžilin, I-III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴⁴ liŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ kei⁴ lam^4-2 / bing¹ kei⁴ lam⁴
    • Yale: bīng kèih lám / bīng kèih làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ kei⁴ lam^4-2 / bing¹ kei⁴ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ kéi⁴ lem^4-2 / bing¹ kéi⁴ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ lɐm²¹⁻³⁵/, /pɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ lɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pên-khì-lìm / pîn-kî-lîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ben^ˊ ki^ˇ lim^ˇ / bin^ˊ gi^ˊ lin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ben¹ ki² lim² / bin¹ gi¹ lin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pen²⁴ kʰi¹¹ lim¹¹/, /pin²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pên-khì-lìm / pên-kî-lìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ben^ˊ ki^ˇ lim^ˇ / ben^ˊ gi^ˊ lin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ben¹ ki² lim² / ben¹ gi¹ lin²
    • Sinological IPA: /pen²⁴ kʰi¹¹ lim¹¹/, /pen²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴ lin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭng-gì-lìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ l̃iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-kî-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: ping-kî-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengkiliim
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²³⁻³³ lim²³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /peŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²¹ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines): /piɪŋ³³ ki²⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-kî-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: ping-kî-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengkiliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pin-ji-lin
    • MiniDict: pin^平 ji lin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pin-jji-lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pin⁵⁵ d͡ʑi³³ lin²¹/

Noun

冰淇淋

1. ice cream

   一球草莓冰淇淋  ―  yī qiú cǎoméi bīngqílìn  ―  a scoop of strawberry ice cream

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冰淇淋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	冰激凌
	Taiwan	冰淇淋
	Ulanhot	冰激凌
	Tongliao	冰激凌
	Chifeng	冰淇淋
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	冰激凌
	Harbin	冰糕
	Shenyang	冰糕
	Malaysia	冰淇淋
	Singapore	冰淇淋, 雪糕
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	冰攪凌
	Jinan	冰激凌
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	冰淇淋
	Xi'an	冰淇淋
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	冰淇淋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	冰淇淋
	Wuhan	冰淇淋, 冰糕
	Kunming	冰淇淋
	Liuzhou	雪糕
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	冰淇淋
	Hefei	冰淇淋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雪糕
	Hong Kong	雪糕
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雪糕
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雪糕
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雪糕
	Taishan	雪糕
	Dongguan	雪糕
	Yangjiang	雪糕
	Beihai	雪糕
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	冰淇淋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	冰淇淋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	冰淇淋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雪糕, 艾士忌廉
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雪糕
	Móng Cái	雪盒
Gan	Nanchang	冰淇淋
Hakka	Meixian	雪糕
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冰淇淋, 軟冰, 艾司庫淋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冰淇淋, 艾司庫淋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冰淇淋, 軟冰, 艾司庫淋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冰淇淋, 軟冰, 艾司庫淋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冰淇淋, 軟冰, 艾司庫淋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冰淇淋, 艾司庫淋
	Hong Kong	雪糕
Jin	Taiyuan	冰激凌
	Taibus (Baochang)	冰淇淋
	Jining	冰淇淋
	Hohhot	冰糕
	Baotou	冰淇淋
	Dongsheng	冰淇淋
	Haibowan	雪糕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冰淇淋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	冰淇淋
Southern Min	Xiamen	冰淇淋, 霜糕, 冰糕
	Taipei	冰淇淋, ái-sirh khu-lìn-mù
	Penang (Hokkien)	激凌, aiskrim
	Singapore (Hokkien)	ice cream, 霜糕
	Manila (Hokkien)	ice cream, 雪糕, 冰淇淋
	Chaozhou	雪糕
	Shantou	雪糕
	Jieyang	雪糕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	雪糕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雪糕
	Singapore (Teochew)	ice cream, 霜糕
Wu	Shanghai	冰淇淋, 冷飲
	Suzhou	冰淇淋, 冷飲
	Wuxi	冷飲
	Ningbo	冰淇淋
	Wenzhou	冰淇淋, 雪糕
Xiang	Changsha	冰淇淋
	Shuangfeng	冰淇淋

Dialectal synonyms of 冰淇淋 (“ice cream”) [map]

Derived terms

• 冰淇淋機／冰淇淋机 (bīngqílìnjī)
• 意大利冰淇淋 (Yìdàlì bīngqílín)

 

Descendants

• → Amis: pinciling
• → English: bing chilling