滑 huá
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 骨 bone
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
滑冰
huábīng
to skate
Characters in this word
冰 bīng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 水 water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 湖面完全结冰以后，当地人才会允许游客在指定区域滑冰。 Húmiàn wánquán jiébīng yǐhòu, dāngdì rén cái huì yǔnxǔ yóukè zài zhǐdìng qūyù huábīng. Only after the lake surface has completely frozen will locals allow visitors to skate in the designated area.
- 周末我们打算去冰场滑冰。 Zhōumò wǒmen dǎsuàn qù bīngchǎng huábīng. This weekend we plan to go skating at the ice rink.
- 她从五岁开始学滑冰，现在滑得又快又稳。 Tā cóng wǔ suì kāishǐ xué huábīng, xiànzài huá de yòu kuài yòu wěn. She started learning to skate at five, and now she skates fast and steadily.
Related words
- 滑 huá slippery
- 滑行 huáxíng to glide, to slide
- 滑雪 huáxuě to ski
- 光滑 guānghuá smooth; glossy
- 滑稽 huájī comic; ridiculous; funny
- 滑梯 huátī slide; playground slide
- 下滑 xiàhuá to decline; to slide downward
- 冰 bīng ice
- 冰箱 bīngxiāng refrigerator
- 冰雪 bīngxuě ice and snow
- 冰雹 bīngbáo hail; hailstone
- 冰棍儿 bīnggùnr ice lolly; popsicle