Chocolate = 巧克力 [qiǎo kè lì]

The sun is out and the treats are melting: an ice-cream bar drips off its stick, and the chocolate beside it droops. Melting fast: 巧克力.

巧克力 (qiǎokèlì) means “chocolate.” It is a sound loan: the three characters were picked for their sound, qiǎo-kè-lì, not their meaning.

A piece or bar of chocolate is 一块巧克力 (yí kuài qiǎokèlì). Hot chocolate is 热巧克力 (rè qiǎokèlì).

巧克力化了。 — Qiǎokèlì huà le. — The chocolate has melted.

我很喜欢吃巧克力。 — Wǒ hěn xǐhuan chī qiǎokèlì. — I really like chocolate.