冰 — ice; to chill sth; to feel cold
ice; to chill sth; to feel cold; cold; unfriendly
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 冰: 6 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 冰 in the HSK syllabus: 8
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 冰bīngice; to chill sth; to feel cold; cold; unfriendlyHSK 3
- 冰激凌bīngjīlíngice creamHSK 3
- 冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator; iceboxHSK 3
- 滑冰huábīngto skate; skatingHSK 6
- 冰雹bīngbáohail; hailstoneHSK 7–9
- 冰棍儿bīnggùnrice lolly; popsicleHSK 7–9
- 冰山一角bīngshān-yìjiǎotip of the icebergHSK 7–9
- 冰天雪地bīngtiān-xuědìa world of ice and snowHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.