HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Nature, Animals

冰 bīng “ice” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 冰 means

  1. ice
  2. to chill sth
  3. (of an object or substance) to feel cold
  4. (of a person) cold
  5. unfriendly

Measure word 块 kuài · 一块冰 yí kuài bīng

How to say 冰

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale冰bīng1st tone, high and level

冰 in a sentence

  1. 水结成冰了。

    Shuǐ jiéchéng bīng le.

    The water has turned to ice.

    Sentence #2241817 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 它冷得像冰一样。

    Tā lěng de xiàng bīng yíyàng.

    It’s as cold as ice.

    Sentence #836112 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 冰箱里什么也没有了。

    Bīngxiāng lǐ shénme yě méiyǒu le.

    There’s nothing left in the fridge.

    Sentence #12686326 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 冰 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.

How to write 冰

冰 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 冰

Words with 冰

冰箱bīngxiāng · refrigerator冰激凌bīngjīlíng · ice cream冰雹bīngbáo · hail

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FAQs

冰 (bīng) means “ice” or “to chill sth”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it bīng: bīng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 冰 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 块 (kuài). For example, one ice is 一块冰 (yí kuài bīng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冰 from the suggestions. Typing bing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冰 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older 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.