HSK 6 · Nature

冰雹 bīngbáo “hail” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 冰雹 means

  1. hail
  2. hailstone

Measure word 场 cháng or 粒 lì · 一场冰雹 yì cháng bīngbáo

How to say 冰雹

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale冰bīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale雹báo2nd tone, rising

冰雹 in a sentence

  1. 下冰雹了！

    Xià bīngbáo le!

    It’s hailing!

    Sentence #9992079 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 婆婆和媳妇就像是暴风雨和冰雹。

    Pópo hé xífù jiù xiàng shì bàofēngyǔ hé bīngbáo.

    A mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law are like a storm and hail.

    Sentence #772046 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 冰雹 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 冰 (bīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
冰bīngice
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 水water · shuǐ

Memory aidIce 冫 beside water 水: ice.

The character 雹 (báo) with each of its parts in a different colour
雹báohail
  • 雨rain · yǔMeaning part
  • 包wrap · bāoSound part

雨 hints at the meaning (rain); 包 (bāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with báo.

How to write 冰雹

冰 6 strokes · 雹 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

冰雹 (bīngbáo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 冰雹 (bīngbáo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 冰雹

Words with 冰

冰bīng · ice冰箱bīngxiāng · refrigerator冰激凌bīngjīlíng · ice cream

More words: Nature & Environment

猪zhū · pig竹子zhúzi · bamboo斑bān · spot贝壳bèiké · shell波浪bōlàng · wave波涛bōtāo · great waves播种bōzhǒng · to sow seeds巢穴cháoxué · nest

FAQs

冰雹 (bīngbáo) means “hail” or “hailstone”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bīngbáo: bīng with a 1st tone, then báo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 冰雹 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 场 (cháng) or 粒 (lì). For example, one hail is 一场冰雹 (yì cháng bīngbáo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bingbao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冰雹 from the suggestions. Typing bingbao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冰雹 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.