HSK · Level 30
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Chinese word
滑冰
Pronunciation
Pinyinhuá bīng
Meaning
- verbskate
Example
我们周末去滑冰吧。wǒ men zhōu mò qù huá bīng ba
Let's go skating this weekend.
More examples
她每天练习滑冰，进步很快。tā měi tiān liàn xí huá bīng jìn bù hěn kuài
She practices skating every day and gets better quickly.
Core concept
A person balances on thin blades and travels smoothly over a frozen surface.
Common phrases
周末去滑冰zhōu mò qù huá bīng
go skating on the weekend
在室内滑冰zài shì nèi huá bīng
skate indoors
学习滑冰xué xí huá bīng
learn to skate
Similar words
溜冰liū bīng: To take part in skating as a leisure activity or sport, on ice or a hard surface.
轮滑lún huá: To travel across a paved surface on roller skates or inline skates.
滑雪huá xuě: To travel down a snow-covered slope using skis.
Definition in Chinese
在冰面上穿着冰刀鞋滑行，也用于指进行冰上滑行的运动或娱乐。zài bīng miàn shàng chuān zhe bīng dāo xié huá xíng yě yòng yú zhǐ jìn xíng bīng shàng huá xíng de yùn dòng huò yú lè
Word origin
The compound 滑冰 (huábīng, "skate on ice") joins 滑 (huá, "glide") and 冰 (bīng, "ice"), so its structure points to gliding on ice.
Usage tips
- English usually says "go skating," while Chinese places the activity directly after the movement verb in a short phrase meaning "go and skate."
Other meanings
- skatingnoun
Related words
- 滑冰场huá bīng chǎngice rinknoun
- 滑冰鞋huá bīng xiéice skatenoun
- 滑冰者huá bīng zhěskaternoun