冰 bīng
radical 15 | noun | adjective
: ice
: methamphetamine (slang)
冰 | ひ hi
noun
: (Archaism) ice
: hail
氷 | こおり koori
noun
: ice
: shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
氷る | こおる kooru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
二水 | にすい nisui
: kanji “ice” radical
氷 | ひょう hyou
冰塊[块] bing1kuai4: ice cube; ice chunk
[氷塊 | ひょうかい hyoukai: lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe]
冰箱 bing1xiang1: icebox; freezer cabinet; refrigerator
[冷蔵庫 | れいぞうこ reizouko: refrigerator]冰淇淋 bing1 qi2 lin2: ice cream
[冷菓 | れいか: chilled sweets; ices; ice cream]冰皮月餅 [冰皮月饼] bing1 pi2 yue4 bing3
: snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)
冰棍兒 [棍儿] bing1gun4r: popsicle
冰雹 bing1bao2: hailstone
冰冷 bing1leng3: ice cold
冰凍 bing1dong4: to freeze
冰場[场] bing1chang3: skating or ice rink; ice stadium; ice arena
滑冰 hua2bing1: to skate; skating OR 溜冰 liu1bing1
[氷滑り | こおりすべり koorisuberi: ice skating]
溜冰鞋 liu1 bing1 xie2: skating shoes; ice skates; roller skates; roller blades
溜旱冰 liu1 han4 bing1: roller blading (sport)
滑旱冰 hua2 han4 bing1: (roller)blading; roller skating; inline skating
乾[干]冰 gan1bing1: dry ice (frozen CO2)
結[结]冰 jie2bing1: to freeze [けっぴょう keppyou: freezing]
凝冰 ning2bing1: to freeze
[こる koru: to grow stiff
: to be absorbed in; to be devoted to; to be a fanatic; to elaborate
OR こごる kogoru: to congeal; to freeze
OR しこる shikoru: to stiffen; to harden]
刨冰 bao4bing1: shaved/crushed ice dessert/beverage
加冰 jia1bing1: on the rocks
Japanese yojijukugo 四字熟語 | expression
疑問氷解 | ぎもんひょうかい gimon hyoukai
: (yoji) one’s doubts being cleared away (dispelled, resolved)
Chinese chengyu 成語 | idiom / slang
冰清玉潔[洁] bing1 qing1 yu4 jie2
: clear as ice and clean as jade: spotless; irreproachable; incorruptible
冰雪聰明 [冰雪聪明] bing1 xue3 cong1 ming5
: exceptionally intelligent
冷語冰人 [冷语冰人] leng3 yu3 bing1 ren2
: cold words and sarcastic comments; to mock and ridicule
冷若冰霜 leng3 ruo4 bing1 shuang1
: as cold as ice and frost (usually of woman): icy manner; frigid
虎尾春冰 hu3 wei3 chun1 bing1
: lit. like stepping on a tiger’s tail or spring ice: fig. extremely dangerous situation
眼睛吃冰淇淋 yan3 jing5 chi1 bing1 qi2 lin2
: to be checking out the hotties (Taiwan slang)
夏蟲不可以語冰 [夏虫不可以语冰] xia4 chong2 bu4 ke3 yi3 yu3 bing1
: A summer insect (which does not live to see winter) cannot talk about ice; to have limited experience and knowledge
冰凍三尺，非一日之寒 [冰冻三尺，非一日之寒]
bing1 dong4 san1 chi3 , fei1 yi1 ri4 zhi1 han2
: three feet of ice does not form in a single day. Rome wasn’t built in a day
冰炭不言，冷熱自明 [冰炭不言，冷热自明]
bing1 tan4 bu4 yan2 , leng3 re4 zi4 ming2
: ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying; fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
会意 Associative Compound.
Frozen 冫 (bing1: ice radical 15)
water 水 (shui3: water radical 85)
形声 Pictophonetic.
冫 (bing1: ice radical 15) suggests the meaning while
水 (shui3: water radical 85) provides the sound.
Semantic / variant / radical:
冫 bing1
Historical / Japanese Variant:
氷 bing1
“Ice” radical #15
Examples:
冰箱里的冰淇淋溶掉了。
bing1xiang1 li de bing1qi2lin2 rong2diao4 le.
The ice cream in the freezer has melted.
夏天吃冰淇淋最棒！
xia4tian1 chi1 bing1 qi2lin2 zui4bang4
Eating ice cream during summer is the best!
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
