冰雪
HSK 4 (2021)
冰雪 (bīngxuě) · ice and snow
冰雪 (bīngxuě) means “ice and snow”. It is written with 2 characters: 冰 (ice) + 雪 (snow). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 冰雪 is built
The characters
冰 bīng · ice
What 冰 is made of
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 水shuǐ — water
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: Ice-cold冫 water 水 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
雪 xuě · snow
What 雪 is made of
- 雨yǔ — rain
- 帀zā — to rotate
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 帀zā — to rotate
- 彐jì — snout
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: 雨 gives the meaning, 彐 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
冬天山上都是冰雪。Dōngtiān shān shàng dōu shì bīngxuě.In winter the mountains are covered in ice and snow.
你喜欢冰雪运动吗？Nǐ xǐhuan bīngxuě yùndòng ma?Do you like winter sports?
Questions about 冰雪
What does 冰雪 mean?
冰雪 (bīngxuě) means “ice and snow”.
How do you pronounce 冰雪?
冰雪 is pronounced bīngxuě.
Which HSK level is 冰雪?
冰雪 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator
- 冰激凌bīngjīlíngice cream
- 冰雹bīngbáohail
- 冰bīngice
- 下雪xià xuěto snow
- 雪上加霜xuěshàngjiāshuāngone disaster after another
- 雪xuěsnow
Learn 冰雪 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 49: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.