冰雕 (bīng diāo) — ice carving; ice sculpture

Definition

noun
ice carvingice sculpture
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 冰雕
    Hā ěr bīn de bīng diāo zhǎn lǎn měi nián dōu xī yǐn hěn duō yóu kè.
    The ice sculpture exhibition in Harbin attracts many tourists every year.
  • 冰雕
    Zhè jiàn bīng diāo zuò pǐn zhǎn shì le yì pǐ bēn téng de jùn mǎ.
    This ice carving shows a galloping horse.
  • 冰雕
    Yì shù jiā yòng bīng dāo hé diàn jù wán chéng le yì zūn jīng xì de bīng diāo.
    The artist finished a delicate ice sculpture using an ice knife and an electric saw.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

diāocarving

ice and carving together mean a sculpture made of ice.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Sound part声符shēngfú
bīngbīng
Same sound today

冰 adds 水 (water) to 冫, the short form of 仌; 冫 gives the sound, and 水 shows the meaning.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
zhuī
Sound part声符shēngfú
zhōudiāo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

雕 pairs 隹, a bird radical, with 周, which supplies the sound.

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