浮冰 (fú bīng) — ice floe | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ice floe

Measure word · 块

Easily confused

伏兵fú bīngsound-alikeambush troops; troops lying in ambush

Examples

浮冰。
Kē xué jiā zài běi jí guān chá fú bīng de yí dòng.
Scientists observe the movement of ice floes in the Arctic.
浮冰。
Hǎi miàn shàng piāo fú zhe dà kuài fú bīng.
Large chunks of ice floes are floating on the sea.
，浮冰。
Yóu yú qì hòu biàn nuǎn, fú bīng de miàn jī zhèng zài suō xiǎo.
Due to global warming, the area of ice floes is shrinking.

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.

浮fúfloating

“浮” means floating and describes “冰” ice, giving ice that drifts as a floe.

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

水水shuǐriver

Sound part声符shēngfú

孚

孚fú浮fú

Same sound today

浮 pairs 水 (river) with 孚, which gives the sound; the river part points to its meaning of floating.

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.

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