冰箱

冰箱 (bīngxiāng) is the everyday Chinese word for 'refrigerator / fridge' — the kitchen appliance that keeps food cold. Literally 'ice box,' the word survives from the era when actual ice boxes preceded electric refrigeration, but today it refers to any modern fridge. In Mainland Mandarin, 冰箱 covers both the refrigerator and the attached freezer; if you need to specify the freezer compartment, use 冷冻室 (lěngdòng shì) or 冷冻柜 (lěngdòng guì).

The proper measure word is 台 (the appliance measure word), though 个 is acceptable in casual speech. Two practical notes: first, the verb 放 (put) commonly pairs with 冰箱 — 放进冰箱 'put into the fridge'; second, 冰箱里 means 'inside the fridge,' with the location word 里 attached — Chinese always marks the inside position explicitly, unlike English 'in the fridge.'