Chinese edit

snow cake
trad. (雪糕)
simp. #(雪糕)
 
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Particularly: “Originally spread from Hong Kong Cantonese 雪糕 (syut3 gou1)?”

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Noun edit

雪糕

  1. (Mandarin, Hokkien, Wu) ice cream popsicle
  2. (regional, dialectal) ice cream
  3. (archaic) white rice cake
    • 1690, 譯語類解译语类解
      雪餻○셜교
      siuie gao / siuiex gaw: siergio
      雪餻雪糕: white rice cake

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  • Early Modern Korean: 셜교 (syelkywo, white rice cake)
    • Korean: 설기 (seolgi, white rice cake)