How to say “ice-skate” in Chinese
ice-skate
“Ice-skate” in Chinese is 滑冰, huá bīng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
滑冰 is read huá bīng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 氵 “water”: wet means slippery. On the right, 骨 “bone”.
On the left, 冫 “ice”; on the right, 水 “water”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “滑冰”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 滑冰. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 冬天，很多人在湖面上滑冰。dōngtiān,hěnduōrénzàihúmiànshanghuábīngIn winter, lots of people skate on the frozen lake.
- 我不会滑雪只2会滑冰wǒbúhuìhuáxuě,zhǐhuìhuábīngI can't ski, I can only skate.
- 我们周末去滑冰吧wǒmenzhōumòqùhuábīngbaLet's go skating this weekend.
More words from the lesson “Sports: from the stadium to the rink”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “ice-skate” in Chinese?
“Ice-skate” in Chinese is 滑冰, pinyin huábīng.
What does 滑冰 mean?
滑冰 (huábīng) means “ice-skate”.
How do you write 滑冰?
滑冰 is 2 characters: 滑 (huá) — slippery; slide; 冰 (bīng) — ice. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 滑冰?
滑冰 is read huábīng. Tones: huá — second tone, bīng — first tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“ice-skate” in the lesson “Sports: from the stadium to the rink”
This word is from the topic “Sports and leisure” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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