旱冰 (hàn bīng) — roller skating (as a sport or activity) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

roller skating (as a sport or activity)

Examples

旱冰。
hàn bīng Shì yí xiàng hěn hǎo de yùn dòng.
Roller skating is a great sport.
旱冰。
Tā měi tiān xià wǔ qù hàn bīng chǎng liàn xí.
He goes to the roller skating rink every afternoon to practice.
。
Zhè shuāng hàn bīng xié hěn shū fu.
These roller skates are very comfortable.

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.

旱 suggests no real ice, and 冰 names the skating surface.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

Appears in

Sports & Athletics

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