旱冰

hànbīng
noun #30,957

Meanings

  1. 1 roller skating
  2. 2 (literally) dry-land ice

Examples

HSK 2
Tā zuì xǐhuan de yùndòng shì hànbīng.
Her favorite sport is roller skating.
HSK 7-9
Zhōumò wǒmen qù liū hànbīng ba.
Let's go roller skating this weekend.

Tips

memory
Literally "dry ice" - but it does NOT mean dry ice (the frozen CO₂); that's 干冰 (gānbīng). means "dry land," so 旱冰 = "ice you can do on dry land," i.e. roller-skating, which mimics ice skating without actual ice. Common compounds: 旱冰场 ("roller rink"), 溜旱冰 / 滑旱冰 ("to roller-skate").

Stroke Order

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