{"id":990,"date":"2023-07-30T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2023-07-30T22:04:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:04:07","slug":"not-all-ice-creams-are-called-bingqilin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/?p=990","title":{"rendered":"Not All Ice Creams Are Called \u201cBingqilin\u201d!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many of us will buy various kinds of ice cream and store in the refrigerator these days, which makes us happy once seeing the collection of it as if it visually cools down already. When it comes to \u201cice cream\u201d, the Chinese word \u201cb\u012bngq\u00edl\u00edn\u201d must not sound unfamiliar. As a foodie, I think you will not be satisfied with the only expression of it. Today let\u2019s talk about some related words of ice cream in Mandarin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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L\u011bngy\u01d0n, a collective term for cold drinks<\/strong> It is not hard to understand the meaning of the word literally. In China, cold drink originated in Shang Dynasty about 3000 years ago. Only the rich stored the ice in the cellar in winter and meet the needs of summer in the coming year, especially for freezing rice wine. Now the word l\u011bngy\u01d0n<\/strong>(\u51b7\u996e<\/strong>)\u2019s meaning has been broadened including cold drink like soda, juice and ice cream, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Are b\u012bngq\u00edl\u00edn, b\u012bngj\u012bl\u00edng and xu\u011bg\u0101o one thing?<\/strong> Generally speaking, these three terms all refer to ice cream made from dairy product. Now you may ask if they mean the same things why there are three words of it. Well, from the perspective of production technology, xu\u011bg\u0101o<\/strong>(\u96ea\u7cd5<\/strong>) is usually made into block or with stick; b\u012bngq\u00edl\u00edn<\/strong>(\u51b0\u6dc7\u6dcb<\/strong>\uff09 is soft ice cream such as ice cream cone(\u751c\u7b52, ti\u00e1nt\u01d2ng<\/strong>) and sundae(\u5723\u4ee3, sh\u00e8ngd\u00e0i<\/strong>) while b\u012bngj\u012bl\u00edng<\/strong>(\u51b0\u6fc0\u51cc<\/strong>) is harder, of which the water content is higher than the former like ice cream ball(\u51b0\u6fc0\u51cc\u7403, b\u012bngj\u012bl\u00edngqi\u00fa<\/strong>). Now people use them for the same thing when talking about ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n

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B\u012bngg\u00f9n & b\u00e0ngb\u012bng<\/strong>G\u00f9n<\/strong>(\u68cd<\/strong>) and b\u00e0ng<\/strong>(\u68d2<\/strong>) mean stick. Therefore, b\u012bngg\u00f9n<\/strong>(\u51b0\u68cd<\/strong>) and b\u00e0ngb\u012bng<\/strong>(\u68d2\u51b0) are the same thing, ice lolly or popsicle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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B\u00e0ob\u012bng & b\u012bngsh\u0101<\/strong> These two are both processed ice in bowl or cup. B\u00e0ob\u012bng<\/strong>(\u5228\u51b0<\/strong>) is shaved ice made from a whole block with ingredient like condensed milk or syrup on the top with various fruits. B\u012bngsh\u0101<\/strong>(\u51b0\u6c99<\/strong>)is smoothie blended from juice, milk or other ingredients, of which the texture of ice is smoother.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ice cream in Shanghainese memory<\/strong>
B\u00e0ngb\u012bng are the most common l\u011bngy\u01d0n. Red bean, mung bean, orange, lots of flavors as much as you want! But there is one kind that many people in Shanghai love so far, saltwater popsicle(\u76d0\u6c34\u68d2\u51b0 y\u00e1nshu\u01d0 b\u00e0ngb\u012bng<\/strong>)! Although it is only a mixture of water, sugar and salt without fancy packaging, it is far more effective than ice cream in dog days, and it is not sticky or greasy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Compared to popsicles, the cost of a brick of ice cream is high in childhood. The flavor of Bright Dairy\u2019s cream ice brick(\u5149\u660e\u51b0\u7816 gu\u0101ngm\u00edng b\u012bngzhu\u0101n<\/strong>) <\/strong>is <\/strong>vanilla cream, dense in texture with abundant milk. Hundreds of ways of eating it by adding coke, sprite, coffee, strawberry and nuts\u2026that every Shanghainese will not forget the package of the blue box!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gallon is ice cream sold in bulk, usually in 1 kilogram. You can see it as a large version of ice brick but with more flavors other than only vanilla. My parents used to buy bag of cones with gallon so I can DIY my own ice cone at home. Gallon has a fashionable Shanghainese name, g\u00e1lun<\/strong>(\u52a0\u4ed1<\/strong>).  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Z\u01d0xu\u011bg\u0101o<\/strong>(\u7d2b\u96ea\u7cd5<\/strong>, chocolate-coated ice cream) must be Shanghainese Magnum. You have to be really careful when eat it as the ice cream melts fast and chocolate may fall down on your clothes. In old time, milky ice cream wrapped with thin chocolate was luxury. Though we can find it still in market, it\u2019s not the flavor any more.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Cocoa, strawberry and vanilla, three flavors to meet the needs of different tastes. What flavor do you like to dig first when you eat the three colors cup(\u4e09\u8272\u676f, s\u0101ns\u00e8b\u0113i<\/strong>)? I like to wait for it to melt a bit then mix them all to eat like smoothie. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Try some local ice cream when you are in Shanghai. Let us know your favourtie in the comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many of us will buy various kinds of ice cream and store in the refrigerator these days, which makes us happy once seeing the collection of it as if it visually cools down already. When it comes to \u201cice cream\u201d, the Chinese word \u201cb\u012bngq\u00edl\u00edn\u201d must not sound unfamiliar. As a foodie, I think you will not be satisfied with the only expression of it. Today let\u2019s talk about some related words of ice cream in Mandarin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,10],"tags":[7,5],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1001,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/1001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}