冰 bīng ice
ice; to chill
How to remember 冰: 冫 ice + 水 water = ice. The girl drops ice into her glass of water, and her little brother steals every cube to crunch the ice.
Component breakdown
冰 = 冫 ice + 水 water
- 冫 ice
- 水 water
The girl drops ice into her glass of water, and her little brother steals every cube to crunch the ice.
How it is used
- Ice, with the two-stroke 冫 'ice' radical (not 氵 water): 冰水 (bīngshuǐ) ice water, 滑冰 (huábīng) to ice-skate.
- Also a verb 'to chill': 把西瓜冰一下 (bǎ xīguā bīng yíxià) chill the watermelon; and 冰镇 (bīngzhèn) iced.
- Rich in idioms: 冰山一角 (bīngshān-yìjiǎo) tip of the iceberg, 冰天雪地 (bīngtiān-xuědì) a frozen world.
Words with 冰
Example sentences
- 冰箱坏了。 Bīngxiāng huài le.The refrigerator is broken.