shaved ice

English

Noun

shaved ice (countable and uncountable, plural shaved ices)

1. Any of various desserts that incorporate finely crushed or shaved ice and a sweet syrup.
2. The finely crushed ice itself.
   • 2015, Steve Reddicliffe, The Essential New York Times Book of Cocktails, page 137:

     Pour over shaved ice in cocktail glasses and stir briskly.

Translations

jellylike dessert

• Burmese: ရေခဲခြစ် (my) (rehkai:hkrac), ရေခဲပေါက်စီ (my) (rehkai:paukci), ရေခဲပလုတ်တုတ် (rehkai:pa.luttut)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 礤霜, 礤冰 (zh-min-nan)

  Mandarin: 刨冰 (zh) (bàobīng) (Taiwan) 刨雪 (báoxuě) (Malaysia)

• Indonesian: es serut
• Japanese: かき氷 (ja) (kakigōri)
• Korean: 빙수 (ko) (bingsu)
• Thai: น้ำแข็งไส (th) (nám-kɛ̌ng-sǎi)
• Vietnamese: đá bào

See also

• Italian ice
• shave ice
• snow cone