滑冰

• Pinyin: huá bīng
• Hanzi breakdown: 滑 = 氵+ 骨 (slippery/glide); 冰 = 氵+ 冫(ice)

Meaning

To ice-skate; the activity of gliding on ice using skates.

Used as both a verb and noun phrase. Common in winter sports contexts. 旱冰 refers to roller skating informally, while 花样滑冰 is figure skating.

Examples

1. 他从小就爱滑冰，技术非常娴熟。 He has loved ice skating since he was little, and his skills are very polished.
2. 这个城市每年冬天都会开放一个室内滑冰场。 Every winter, this city opens an indoor ice rink.
3. 孩子们在结冰的湖面上滑冰，笑声不断。 The children skated on the frozen lake, laughing nonstop.

Usage Guide

Context: sports, leisure

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 我们去滑冰吧，今天气温很低。(Let's go ice skating — it's very cold today.)
• 她在花样滑冰比赛中获得了金牌。(She won the gold medal in the figure skating competition.)

Don't Say

• 我滑了冰 to mean 'I went skating' — prefer 我去滑冰了 or 我去了滑冰场 for natural phrasing

Origin & History

滑 (glide/slippery) + 冰 (ice)

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal