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 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 冰场 冰場 bīng chǎng skating or ice rink / ice stadium / ice arena 块冰 drift ice / ice pack / pack ice; 多年生 duō nián shēng perennial (of plants) 宿根 sù gēn perennial root (botany) 宝塔菜 寶塔菜 bǎo tǎ cài Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis), perennial plant with an edible rhizome syn 海风 海風 hǎi fēng sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea) 海底军备控制条约 海底軍備控制條約 Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Sea-bed Arms Control Treaty / Sea-bed Treaty 海底条约 海底條約 Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Sea-bed Arms Control Treaty / Sea-bed Treaty 冰块 冰塊 bīng kuài ice cube / ice chunk syn 雪糕 xuě gāo ice cream bar / ice cream popsicle syn 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 冰刀 bīng dāo ice skates / ice skate blades 冰糕 bīng gāo ice-cream / popsicle / ice-lolly / sorbet syn 冰砖 冰磚 bīng zhuān ice-cream brick / brick of ice 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) 海冰 hǎi bīng sea ice 海－冰和地形评估雷达 海－冰和地形評估雷達 Sea-Ice and Terrain Assessment Radar 南极海冰过程、生态系统和气候方桉 南極海冰過程、生態系統和氣候方案 Antarctic Sea-ice Processes, Ecosystems and Climate programme 南极冰盖质量平衡和对海平面作用 南極冰蓋質量平衡和對海平面作用 Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea-level Contributions 海冰面积 海冰面積 hǎi bīng miàn jī sea ice extent 海冰问题工作组 海冰問題工作組 hǎi bīng wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Sea Ice 海-冰分界面 sea-ice margin 海冰数据编码 海冰數據編碼 sea-ice coding 南极海冰带生态 南極海冰帶生態 Ecology of the Antarctic Sea-ice Zone 东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) 海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player 浅海 淺海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep syn 罗斯托夫 羅斯托夫 luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea) 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān green sea, blue sky (idiom) / sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow 棘皮动物 棘皮動物 jí pí dòng wù echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc 保护波罗的海地区海洋环境公约 保護波羅的海地區海洋環境公約 Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area / Baltic Sea Convention 海上补给 海上補給 replenishment at sea / at-sea replenishment 海洋法技术问题咨询委员会 海洋法技術問題咨詢委員會 Advisory Board on Technical Aspects of the Law of the Sea / Advisory Board on Hydrographic, Geodetic and Marine Geo-Scientific Aspects of the Law of the Sea 海床条约缔约国审查会议 海床條約締約國審查會議 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Review Conference of the Parties to the Sea-Bed Treaty 北海大陆架桉 北海大陸架案 North Sea Continental Shelf Cases / ICJ North Sea Cases 加勒比海委员会 加勒比海委員會 Commission on the Caribbean Sea / Caribbean Sea Commission 冰冷 bīng lěng ice-cold syn 冰雪 bīng xuě ice and snow syn 冰封 bīng fēng to freeze over / to ice over / icebound / to shelve (a proposal etc) 冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold syn 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín ice cream syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 冰火 bīng huǒ fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow syn 冰激凌 bīng jī líng ice cream syn 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) 熔化 róng huà to melt (of ice, metals etc) syn 冰晶 bīng jīng ice crystals 开化 開化 kāi huà to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw syn 溜冰 liū bīng ice skating / (slang) to do meth syn 破冰 pò bīng (fig.) to break the ice / to begin to restore amicable relations 冰棍 bīng gùn popsicle / ice lolly / CL:根[gen1] syn 冰球 bīng qiú ice hockey / puck 坚冰 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship 冰雕 bīng diāo ice sculpture 冰原 bīng yuán ice field 冰花 bīng huā ice crystal / frost (on windows) 冰棒 bīng bàng popsicle / ice pop / CL:根[gen1] syn 溜冰场 溜冰場 liū bīng chǎng ice rink / skating rink 刨冰 bào bīng shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage 冰灯 冰燈 bīng dēng ice lantern 冰袋 bīng dài ice bag 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) 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades 冰盖 冰蓋 bīng gài ice sheet 浮冰 fú bīng ice floe 干冰 乾冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse 制冰机 製冰機 zhì bīng jī ice maker 冷藏箱 lěng cáng xiāng cooler / ice chest / reefer container 冰期 bīng qī glacial epoch / ice age 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 破冰船 pò bīng chuán ice breaker 液态水 液態水 yè tài shuǐ liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice) 冰棍儿 冰棍兒 bīng gùn r ice lolly / popsicle syn 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 凌 líng to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat syn 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 冰清玉洁 冰清玉潔 bīng qīng yù jié clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn 冷若冰霜 lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid syn 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 冰沙 bīng shā slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino 冰上运动 冰上運動 bīng shàng yùn dòng ice-sports 冰炭不相容 bīng tàn bù xiāng róng as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals syn 不冻港 不凍港 bù dòng gǎng ice-free port / open port 冫 bīng "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3] 加冰块 加冰塊 jiā bīng kuài on the rocks / with ice / iced 甜筒 tián tǒng ice-cream cone 