滑冰 huábīng to skate
to skate; skating
How to remember 滑冰: 滑 to slip + 冰 ice = to skate.
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How it is used
- To ice-skate / skating - 去滑冰 (qù huábīng) go skating, 花样滑冰 (huāyàng huábīng) figure skating.
- A separable verb (滑了一会儿冰); 滑 (slide) + 冰 (ice). On ice specifically.
- Contrast 滑雪 (huáxuě, ski, on snow) and 溜冰 (liūbīng, skate, near-synonym).
Example sentences
- 我想去滑冰。 Wǒ xiǎng qù huábīng.I want to go skating.
- 我想去滑冰场。 Wǒ xiǎng qù huábīngchǎng.I want to go to the skating rink.
- 滑冰是我的嗜好之一。 Huábīng shì wǒ de shìhào zhīyī.Skating is one of my hobbies.