浮冰

fúbīng

noun #36,257

Measure Word

一块浮冰 kuài

Meanings

1 ice floe
2 drifting ice
3 floating ice (on the sea or a river)

Characters

Examples

北极的浮冰正在迅速融化。

Běijí de fúbīng zhèngzài xùnsù rónghuà.

The ice floes in the Arctic are melting rapidly.

一只北极熊站在浮冰上。

Yì zhī běijíxióng zhàn zài fúbīng shàng.

A polar bear is standing on an ice floe.

Tips

memory

浮 ('to float') + 冰 ('ice') = literally 'floating ice'. Frequent in climate-change reporting and nature documentaries.

Stroke Order

浮 fú

冰 bīng