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冰淇淋

bing1 kei4 lam4

bing1 qi2 lin2

ice-cream | Cant.: 雪糕 | "淇淋" is the northern Chinese derivation of the English word "cream"

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 4,010,000

冰淇淋

冰 bing1 bing1 ning2 - ice
淇 kei4 qi2 - a river in Honan province
淋 lam4 lin2 lun2 - drip; soak with water

This word was added by tym on 21st Nov 2004 and last edited on 2nd Jul 2008

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