| 冰 | 967A10 63A.02-2 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄅㄧㄥ [bing1] . [Pop.  ; rarely as var. of凝 pr. ㄋㄧㄥˊ [ning2] ] | ||
| N. | (1) Ice: 結冰，堅冰 (of water) freeze; 冰塊 pieces of ice, floes; 冰花 crystal patterns; 冰片 [bing1pian4]↓; ice as symbol of purity of character: 冰清玉潔，冰肌雪腸； of chasteness of soul: 一片冰心在玉壺，冰壺秋月 as symbol of woman's delicate skin or beauty: 冰姿（肌）玉骨； of purity of soul: 冰姿雪魄; with 雪 snow, as symbol of brightness of mind: 冰雪聰明; with 霜 frost, as symbol of coldness of face or heart: 冷若冰霜，冰霜氣貌; as the cool moon in 冰輪，冰鏡，冰盤(“ice wheel, ice mirror, ice plate”); thin ice as symbol of danger: 如履薄冰; vanish like melting ice in 冰散，冰泮，冰消; dissolve: 冰消瓦解 dissolve like ice, 冰消霧散 dissolve like mist (of trouble, crisis); 渙然冰釋 (of misunderstandings) melt away: 冰蝕 (geol.) (of rocks) eroded by glaciers; with 炭 charcoal, 冰炭不相容 inimical, hostile to each other, like ice and hot charcoal. (2) In combb. of various utensils: 冰袋 ice bag; 冰窖，冰庫，冰室 basement for keeping ice, ice cabinet; 冰碗 ice bowl, 冰盞兒 clapping copper saucers used by cold drink pedlars in Peiping as trade signal; 冰桶 ice pail; 冰攛 [bing1cuan1], 冰鑿 [bing1zao2]; 冰橇 [bing1cui4]↓; 冰川 [bing1chuan1]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | To ice, put ice around: 把這瓶汽水冰一冰 put some ice in the soda water. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | Ice-cold: 冷冰冰的; iced: 冰咖啡 iced coffee; 冰凍，冰冷，冰涼 [bing1dong4], [bing1leng3], [bing1liang2]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 冰棒 [bing1bang4], n., ice sticks (of various flavors). 2. 冰碴兒 [bing1cha2er0], n., thin coating of ice on water surface. 3. 冰川 [bing1chuan1], n., glacier. 4. 冰床 [bing1chuang2], n., sled. 5. 冰島 [bing1dao3], n., iceberg; Iceland. 6. 冰刀 [bing1dao1], n., the cutting edge of ice skates. 7. 冰點 [bing1dian3], n., freezing point. 8. 冰度 [bing1du4], n., freezing point, degree of ice. 9. 冰凍 [bing1dong4], v.t. & adj., freeze, frozen, freezing cold. 10. 冰斧 [bing1fu3], n., (LL) matchmaker. 11. 冰棍 [bing1gun4], n., see [bing1bang4]↑. 12. 冰果店 [bing1guo3dian4], n., cold drink shop. 13. 冰河 [bing1he2], n., glacier, also 冰川; 14. 冰河期 [bing1he2qi2], n., glacier epoch, ice age. 15. 冰核（兒） [bing1hu2] ([er0]), n., (dial.) clean part of natural ice (for eating or drinking). 16. 冰淇琳 [bing1ji1lin2], n., ice cream. 17. 冰敬 [bing1jing4], n., formerly, summer gift for Peking officials. 18. 冰錐（兒） [bing1zhui1] ([bing1jueer0]), n., see [bing1zhu4]↓. 19. 冰柱 [bing1zhu4], n., icicles; (geol.) column formations in glaciers. 20. 冰冷 [bing1leng3], adj., ice-cold, very cold. 21. 冰楞 [bing1leng2], n., see [bing1zhu4]↑. 22. 冰涼 [bing1liang2], adj., very cool, very cold. 23. 冰排子 [bing1pai2zi0], n., (coll.)sled, sledge. 24. 冰雹 [bing1bao2], n., hail. 25. 冰片 [bing1pian4], n., Baroos camphor from Borneo, also called 龍腦; pieces of ice. 26. 冰人 [bing1ren2], n., matchmaker (also called 冰斧 [bing1fu3]↑, 冰下人). 27. 冰山 [bing1shan1], n., iceberg; (fig.) people temporarily in power, not to depend on; n., 冰山已倒 phr., power has collapsed. 28. 冰箱 [bing1xiang1], n., refrigerator, icebox, freezer. 29. 冰鞋 [bing1xie2], n., skates. 30. 冰糖 [bing1tang2], n., crystal sugar; 冰糖胡蘆（兒） sweetmeat consisting of sugarcoated sour plums, pierced together on a stick. 31. 冰攛 [bing1cuan1], n., sled, sledge. 32. 冰橇 [bing1cui4], n., ditto. 33. 冰醋酸 [bing1cu4suan1], n., (chem.) glacial acetic acid. 34. 冰鑿 [bing1zao2], n., see [bing1cuan1]↑. 35. 冰原 [bing1yUan2], n., (geol.) glacial plateau. | |||||