Word

冰 (bīng) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 3

Meaning of 冰

动 dòng verb

to ice, to chill

请把饮料冰一下。

qǐng bǎ yǐn liào bīng yī xià

Please chill the drinks.

Word breakdown

冰 bīng — to ice, to chill

1 冰激凌 bīng jī líng — ice cream HSK 3
- 冰 ice, frozen (represents the cold/frozen nature of ice cream)
- 激 phonetic component (approximates the sound 'ice')
- 凌 phonetic component (approximates the sound 'cream')
Example

夏天我喜欢吃冰激凌。

xià tiān wǒ xǐ huan chī bīng jī líng

In summer I like to eat ice cream.
2 冰箱 bīng xiāng — refrigerator HSK 3
- 冰 ice, cold
- 箱 box, chest
Example

我把牛奶放在冰箱里了。

wǒ bǎ niú nǎi fàng zài bīng xiāng lǐ le

I put the milk in the refrigerator.
3 滑冰 huá bīng — ice skate HSK 6
- 滑 to slide, glide
- 冰 ice
Example

我喜欢在冬天滑冰。

wǒ xǐ huan zài dōng tiān huá bīng

I like to ice skate in winter.
4 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì — a world of ice and snow HSK 7
- 冰 ice (covering everything above)
- 天 sky/heaven (the expanse above)
- 雪 snow (covering everything below)
- 地 earth/ground (the surface below)
Example

冬天的东北，冰天雪地，非常寒冷。

dōng tiān de dōng běi bīng tiān xuě dì fēi cháng hán lěng

In winter, Northeast China is a world of ice and snow, extremely cold.
5 冰山一角 bīng shān yī jiǎo — tip of the iceberg HSK 7
- 冰 ice (forming 'iceberg' with 山)
- 山 mountain (forming 'iceberg')
- 一 one (indicating a small portion)
- 角 corner/tip (the visible part)
Example

这些腐败案件只是冰山一角，问题比我们想象的严重得多。

zhè xiē fǔ bài àn jiàn zhǐ shì bīng shān yī jiǎo wèn tí bǐ wǒ men xiǎng xiàng de yán zhòng de duō

These corruption cases are just the tip of the iceberg; the problem is much more serious than we imagine.

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6 冰棍儿 bīng gùnr — popsicle HSK 7
- 冰 ice, frozen
- 棍 stick, rod-shaped
- 儿 diminutive suffix (makes the word colloquial)
Example

夏天吃冰棍儿很凉快。

xià tiān chī bīng gùnr hěn liáng kuai

Eating popsicles in summer is very refreshing.
7 冰雹 bīng báo — hail HSK 7
- 冰 ice (indicates the frozen nature of the precipitation)
- 雹 hail (specifically refers to hailstones as a type of precipitation)
Example

突然下起了冰雹，大家都跑回家了。

tū rán xià qǐ le bīng báo dà jiā dōu pǎo huí jiā le

Suddenly it started to hail, and everyone ran home.