Chinese symbol for “refrigerator”
冰箱
bīng xiāng
refrigerator; (old) icebox
The closest CC-CEDICT match for refrigerator is 冰箱 (bīng xiāng), defined as: refrigerator; (old) icebox.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “refrigerator”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电冰箱 (電冰箱) | diàn bīng xiāng | refrigerator; 个 (gè) |
| 雪柜 (雪櫃) | xuě guì | icebox; refrigerator (Hong Kong usage) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冰箱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰淇淋 | bīng qí lín | ice cream |
| 冰川 | bīng chuān | glacier |
| 冰雪 | bīng xuě | ice and snow |
| 冰冷 | bīng lěng | ice-cold |
| 冰块 (冰塊) | bīng kuài | ice cube; ice chunk |
| 邮箱 (郵箱) | yóu xiāng | mailbox; post office box |
| 箱子 | xiāng zi | suitcase; chest |
| 信箱 | xìn xiāng | mailbox; post office box |
See also: Japanese symbol for “refrigerator”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.