Meaning
ice
Chinese: 冰。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “bing” becomes a different word in each tone. 冰 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox
- 冰雪bīng xuěice and snow
- 滑冰huá bīngto skate; skating
- 冰雹bīng báohail; hailstone
- 冰山bīng shāniceberg; ice-covered mountain; (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long
Example Sentence
冬天，湖面上结了一层冰。Dōng tiān, hú miàn shàng jié le yì céng bīng.In winter, a layer of ice formed on the lake.
冬天Dōng tiānwinter，湖húlake面miànface上shàngon结了jié lethat's that一层yì céngone layer冰bīngice。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The ice radical 冫 (two strokes of ice) plus 水 (water): water that has frozen — ‘ice’.
A way to remember it
Ice (冫) + water (水) — frozen water.
Easy to confuse with
- 水‘Water’: 冰 is water with the two ice strokes 冫 added.