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Definition
Ice cream cone; a conical waffle cone with ice cream placed on top.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the crisp wafer cone filled with ice cream, rather than the ice cream itself. While the term is standard, it is most frequently associated with mass-produced options found in convenience stores or fast-food chains. It is rarely used to describe a scoop of ice cream served in a cone at an artisanal shop, where people might just say 雪糕.
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zi1支jīExamples
It is so hot, I want to buy an ice-cream cone to eat.
Do you like eating chocolate or vanilla ice-cream cones?
Related words
Common phrases
chocolate ice-cream cone
buy an ice-cream cone
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
