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The Chinese word bing - 冰 - bīng
(ice in Chinese)



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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

bīng

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English translations

ice, to put on ice

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 冰 ( bīng ) correctly?"

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Chinese characters  ( bing / bīng ) with pronunciation (English translation: ice )
The traditional Chinese characters of bīng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 冰 ( bing / bīng ) Writing in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).

Neng gei wo xie bing ma?
Néng gĕi wŏ xiē bīng ma?
 – English translation: Can you give me some ice?

Character complexity
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is composed of 6 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

glacier  |  frozen
冰 ( bing / bīng ) belongs to the 3000 most common Chinese characters (rank 1059)
Chinese example words containing the character 冰 ( bing / bīng )
冰雹 ( bīngbáo = hail ), 冰茶 ( bīngchá = ice tea ), 冰岛 ( Bīngdăo = Iceland ), 冰棍儿 ( bīnggùner = ice-lolly ), 冰块 ( bīngkuài = ice cube ), 冰淇淋 ( bīngqílín = ice cream ), 冰山 ( bīngshān = iceberg ), 冰箱 ( bīngxiāng = refrigerator ), 冰鞋 ( bīngxié = ice skates ), 打冰球 ( dă bīngqiú = to play hockey ), 滑冰 ( huábīng = skate )
Other characters that are pronounced bīng in Chinese

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