带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín ice cream syn 安全带 安全帶 ān quán dài seat belt / safety belt syn 冰激凌 bīng jī líng ice cream syn 皮带 皮帶 pí dài strap / leather belt / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1] syn 冰块 冰塊 bīng kuài ice cube / ice chunk syn 腰带 腰帶 yāo dài belt / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1] syn 冰球 bīng qiú ice hockey / puck 冰冷 bīng lěng ice-cold syn 溜冰 liū bīng ice skating / (slang) to do meth syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 冰棍 bīng gùn popsicle / ice lolly / CL:根[gen1] syn 冰雪 bīng xuě ice and snow syn 熔化 róng huà to melt (of ice, metals etc) syn 冰棒 bīng bàng popsicle / ice pop / CL:根[gen1] syn 雪糕 xuě gāo ice cream bar / ice cream popsicle syn 溜冰场 溜冰場 liū bīng chǎng ice rink / skating rink 绶带 綬帶 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor) syn 冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold syn 冰雕 bīng diāo ice sculpture 干冰 乾冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 传送带 傳送帶 chuán sòng dài conveyor belt / transmission belt 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades 冰袋 bīng dài ice bag 三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation 开化 開化 kāi huà to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw syn 冰场 冰場 bīng chǎng skating or ice rink / ice stadium / ice arena 冰刀 bīng dāo ice skates / ice skate blades 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow syn 腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn 裤带 褲帶 kù dài belt (in trousers) / CL:根[gen1] 刨冰 bào bīng shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 浮冰 fú bīng ice floe 冷藏箱 lěng cáng xiāng cooler / ice chest / reefer container 坚冰 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship 冰霜 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness) 冰晶 bīng jīng ice crystals 冰盖 冰蓋 bīng gài ice sheet 冰糕 bīng gāo ice-cream / popsicle / ice-lolly / sorbet syn 输送带 輸送帶 shū sòng dài conveyor belt 冰原 bīng yuán ice field 冰火 bīng huǒ fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements 履带 履帶 lǚ dài caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc) / (literary) shoes and belt syn 冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse 传动带 傳動帶 chuán dòng dài transmission belt syn 冰封 bīng fēng to freeze over / to ice over / icebound / to shelve (a proposal etc) 肩带 肩帶 jiān dài shoulder strap / shoulder harness / shoulder belt / baldric / CL:條|条[tiao2] 破冰 pò bīng (fig.) to break the ice / to begin to restore amicable relations 衣带 衣帶 yī dài belt / sash / attire (clothes and belt) 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 冰花 bīng huā ice crystal / frost (on windows) 束带 束帶 shù dài band / belt / loincloth / cummerbund 冰灯 冰燈 bīng dēng ice lantern 贞操带 貞操帶 zhēn cāo dài chastity belt 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 皮带扣 皮帶釦 pí dài kòu belt buckle 制冰机 製冰機 zhì bīng jī ice maker 海冰 hǎi bīng sea ice 凌 líng to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat syn 冷若冰霜 lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid syn 冰棍儿 冰棍兒 bīng gùn r ice lolly / popsicle syn 破冰船 pò bīng chuán ice breaker 冰砖 冰磚 bīng zhuān ice-cream brick / brick of ice 衿 jīn collar / belt / variant of 襟[jin1] 冰期 bīng qī glacial epoch / ice age 小行星带 小行星帶 xiǎo xíng xīng dài asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 玉洁冰清 玉潔冰清 yù jié bīng qīng clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn 冰桶 bīng tǒng ice bucket 液态水 液態水 yè tài shuǐ liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice) 除冰 chú bīng to defrost / to get rid of ice 冰消瓦解 bīng xiāo wǎ jiě to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve syn 裢 褳 lián pouch hung from belt 琚 jū ornamental gems for belt 冰沙 bīng shā slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino 冰球场 冰球場 bīng qiú chǎng ice hockey rink 冰芯 bīng xìn ice core 冰清玉洁 冰清玉潔 bīng qīng yù jié clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn 谷神星 穀神星 gǔ shén xīng Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi 冰川期 bīng chuān qī ice age 冰冠 bīng guàn inland ice sheet 镩 鑹 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud 布衣韦带 布衣韋帶 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed 冰壶秋月 冰壺秋月 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person 夏虫不可以语冰 夏蟲不可以語冰 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom) 虎尾春冰 hǔ wěi chūn bīng lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation syn 块冰 drift ice / ice pack / pack ice; 生命带 生命帶 shēng mìng dài (neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone 三角带 三角帶 sān jiǎo dài V-belt (a type of drive belt with a trapezoidal cross-section) 冰排 bīng pái ice raft / ice floe 冰晶云 bīng jīng yún ice cloud / ice-crystal cloud 冰镩 冰鑹 bīng cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip syn 镩子 鑹子 cuān zi ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip syn 去冰 qù bīng without ice / no ice (when ordering drinks) 珶 dì white jade worn on belt 鞶 pán large belt 佩环 佩環 pèi huán ring-like jade belt pendant 勒紧裤带 勒緊褲帶 lēi jǐn kù dài to tighten one's belt / to live more frugally 