“Refrigerator” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “refrigerator” is 冷蔵庫 (reizōko). In Chinese it is 冰箱 (bīng xiāng).
Japanese
冷蔵庫
れいぞうこ · reizōko
牛乳は冷蔵庫の中にあります。
The milk is in the refrigerator.
Chinese (Simplified)
冰箱
bīng xiāng
牛奶在冰箱里。
The milk is in the refrigerator.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 台: 一台冰箱 means “one refrigerator”.
“Refrigerator” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 冷蔵庫 れいぞうこ · reizōko | 牛乳は冷蔵庫の中にあります。 |
| English | refrigerator /rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪtər/ | The milk is in the refrigerator. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 冰箱 bīng xiāng | 牛奶在冰箱里。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 冰箱 bīng xiāng | 牛奶在冰箱裡。 |
| Korean | 냉장고 | 우유는 냉장고 안에 있어요. |
| Spanish | nevera | La leche está en la nevera. |
| French | frigo | Le lait est dans le frigo. |
| German | Kühlschrank | Die Milch ist im Kühlschrank. |
| Italian | frigorifero | Il latte è nel frigorifero. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | geladeira | O leite está na geladeira. |
| Russian | холодильник | Молоко в холодильнике. |
| Arabic | ثلاجة | الحليب في الثلاجة. |
| Hindi | फ्रिज | दूध फ्रिज में है। |
| Indonesian | kulkas | Susunya ada di kulkas. |
| Vietnamese | tủ lạnh | Sữa ở trong tủ lạnh. |
| Thai | ตู้เย็น | นมอยู่ในตู้เย็น |
| Turkish | buzdolabı | Süt buzdolabında. |
| Dutch | koelkast | De melk staat in de koelkast. |
| Swedish | kylskåp | Mjölken står i kylskåpet. |
| Polish | lodówka | Mleko jest w lodówce. |
