北冰洋

Běibīngyáng

proper noun #44,723

Meanings

HSK 6

北冰洋一年中大部分时间都被冰覆盖着。

Běibīngyáng yì nián zhōng dàbùfen shíjiān dōu bèi bīng fùgài zhe.

For most of the year the Arctic Ocean is covered with ice.

HSK 7-9

北冰洋是四大洋里最小的一个。

Běibīngyáng shì sì dàyáng lǐ zuì xiǎo de yí ge.

The Arctic is the smallest of the four oceans.

memory

Literally "northern ice ocean": 北 north, 冰 ice, 洋 ocean. The other oceans are 太平洋, 大西洋 and 印度洋, and some lists add 南冰洋, the Southern Ocean.

北 běi

冰 bīng

洋 yáng