Meaning of 冰雪
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- ice and snow
How to use 冰雪
冰雪 is often used for winter scenes, winter sports, and winter tourism, and it sounds a bit more written than everyday speech. It also appears in set phrases like 冰雪聪明 (bīngxuě cōngmíng), very bright and clever, usually said of a girl. Example: 哈尔滨的冰雪节很有名。(Hā'ěrbīn de bīngxuě jié hěn yǒumíng.) Harbin's Ice and Snow Festival is very famous.
冰 (bīng) has the ice radical 冫, two little drops on the left, so think of frozen water. 雪 (xuě) has the rain radical 雨 on top, because snow falls from the sky like rain. Put them together and you get everything cold and white in winter.
Common mistake: Learners often write 冰 with three drops like 水 (shuǐ) or 氵, but 冰 has only two drops (冫) on the left. Also keep the third tone on 雪 (xuě). Do not say it with a falling tone like 血 (xuè), blood.
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冰 bīng · ice · 6 strokes
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雪 xuě · snow · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 冰雪.
| 下雪 | xià xuě | to snow |
| 冰箱 | bīngxiāng | refrigerator; (old) icebox |
| 滑雪 | huáxuě | to ski; skiing |
| 冰山 | bīngshān | iceberg; ice-covered mountain |
| 结冰 | jiébīng | to freeze |
| 滑冰 | huábīng | to skate; skating |
| 雪上加霜 | xuěshàng-jiāshuāng | (idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury |
| 雪山 | xuěshān | snow-capped mountain |
| 瑞雪 | ruìxuě | timely snow |
| 冰棍儿 | bīnggùnr | ice lolly; popsicle |
| 冰淇淋 | bīngqílín | ice cream |
| 雪茄 | xuějiā | (loanword) cigar |
Questions about 冰雪
What does 冰雪 mean?
冰雪 (bīngxuě) means "ice and snow" and is used as a noun and adjective.
How do you write 冰雪?
冰雪 is made of 2 characters: 冰 (6 strokes), 雪 (11 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 冰雪 an HSK word?
Yes. 冰雪 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can I use 冰雪 to say it is snowing?
No. 冰雪 names ice and snow as things, not the action of snowing. To say it is snowing, use 下雪了 (xià xuě le).
What is the difference between 冰雪 and 雪?
雪 (xuě) just means snow and is the normal everyday word. 冰雪 covers ice and snow together and is common in phrases like 冰雪运动 (bīngxuě yùndòng), winter sports, or in descriptions of a frozen landscape.