How to distinguish between a fridge(refrigerator) and a freezer in Chinese? I am a little confused about how to say ‘fridge' and 'freezer' in Chinese. When I look the words up I get the same word for both 冰箱. The problem I have with this is, a fridge(refrigerator) is not a freezer. A Fridge keeps food cold (but not frozen). A freezer keeps things frozen. If they are two different things how can they have the same name? If you say to me, put it in the 冰箱, do you want it in the fridge or the freezer. Please help, I'm so confused here! Thank you!