冰面 (bīng miàn) — ice surface | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ice surface

Measure word · 块

Examples

冰面，。
Hú miàn shàng de bīng miàn hěn huá, zǒu lù yào xiǎo xīn.
The ice surface on the lake is very slippery; be careful walking.
冰面。
Yùn dòng yuán zài bīng miàn shàng kuài sù huá xíng.
The athletes glide quickly across the ice surface.
冰面，。
Dōng tiān hé miàn de bīng miàn zú gòu hòu, kě yǐ shàng qù huá bīng.
The ice surface on the river in winter is thick enough to go ice skating.

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.

面miànsurface

The 面 of 冰: the surface 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.

冫水冰

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

冫

仌bīng冰bīng

Same sound today

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

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

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