Word

滑冰 (huá bīng) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 6

Meaning of 滑冰

动 dòng verb

ice skate

我喜欢在冬天滑冰。

wǒ xǐ huan zài dōng tiān huá bīng

I like to ice skate in winter.

Word breakdown

滑 huá — to slide, glide

1 滑行 huá xíng — to glide; to taxi (aircraft) HSK 6
- 滑 slide, glide, smooth movement
- 行 move, travel, go
Example

飞机正在跑道上滑行。

fēi jī zhèng zài pǎo dào shàng huá xíng

The plane is taxiing on the runway.
2 滑雪 huá xuě — to ski HSK 6
- 滑 to slide, to glide
- 雪 snow
Example

我喜欢在冬天滑雪。

wǒ xǐ huan zài dōng tiān huá xuě

I like to ski in winter.
3 下滑 xià huá — to decline HSK 7
- 下 down, downward direction
- 滑 slide, glide smoothly
Example

股票价格持续下滑。

gǔ piào jià gé chí xù xià huá

Stock prices continue to decline.
4 光滑 guāng huá — smooth HSK 7
- 光 polished, bare (contributing the visual and tactile quality of having no roughness)
- 滑 slippery, smooth (emphasizing the tactile sensation of smoothness)
Example

这块石头摸起来很光滑。

zhè kuài shí tou mō qǐ lái hěn guāng huá

This stone feels very smooth.
5 滑梯 huá tī — slide HSK 7
- 滑 sliding, slippery action
- 梯 ladder-like structure, stepped equipment
Example

孩子们在公园里玩滑梯。

hái zi men zài gōng yuán lǐ wán huá tī

The children are playing on the slide in the park.

冰 bīng — ice

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 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.
4 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.
5 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.