冰粉 (bīngfěn) · bing fen, icy jelly dessert

Measure Word

一碗冰粉 wǎn

Meanings

1 bing fen
2 icy jelly dessert

Made with

红糖 hóngtáng 花生 huāshēng 芝麻 zhīma 葡萄干 pútaogān 山楂 shānzhā

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 甜品 Dessert

A clear, soft, wobbly jelly made from plant seeds, served ice-cold in brown sugar syrup with toppings such as crushed peanuts, sesame, raisins, hawthorn, fruit or small rice balls. A summer dessert from Sichuan and Chongqing.

Usually contains peanuts and sesame

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

大热天来一碗冰粉最爽了。

Dà rètiān lái yì wǎn bīngfěn zuì shuǎng le.

A bowl of bing fen on a hot day is the best.

HSK 7-9

成都街边的冰粉加了红糖水和山楂。

Chéngdū jiē biān de bīngfěn jiā le hóngtáng shuǐ hé shānzhā.

The bing fen at Chengdu street stalls is topped with brown-sugar syrup and hawthorn.

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culture

冰粉 is a transparent, lightly set jelly hand-rubbed from the seeds of 冰粉树 (Nicandra physalodes). A Sichuan and Chongqing summer street classic, it is served ice-cold with brown-sugar syrup, peanuts, raisins, glutinous rice balls, and hawthorn bits.