Taxonomy of meanings for 冰:　　

  • 冰 bīng (OC: prɯŋ MC: pɨŋ) 筆陵切 平 廣韻：【同冫説文本魚陵切 】
    • ICE
      • nadVlike ice 冰釋 "dissolve like ice> 1. dissolve; 2.spread in all directions"
      • nmice; layer of ice; iced water
      • vadNfrozen
      • vichangebecome frozen
      • vi0there is ice MO 夏冰 "when there is ice in summer"
      • nadNfigurativeresembling ice, cf. 冰糖DS
      • feature>WHITE
        • feature>COLD
          • thawed>WATER
            • nmicecold water
      • 冰 níng (OC: ŋbrɯŋ MC: ŋɨŋ) 魚陵切 平 廣韻：【 】

        Additional information about 冰

        說文解字: 【冰】，水堅也。从仌、从水。 〔小徐本作「從水、仌。」〕 【魚陵切】 【臣鉉等曰：今作筆陵切，以爲冰凍之冰。】 【凝】，俗冰从疑。

          Criteria
        • ICE

          1. The current word for ice is bīng 冰.

          2. Shuāng 霜 refers to frost.

        • SNOW

          1. The dominant word is xuě 雪.

          2. Xiàn 霰 are snowflakes, and the structure of these drew early Chinese attention.

          3. Bīng 冰 is ice. See ICE.

          Word relations
        • Epithet: (ICE)寒/COLD The standard current word referring to coldness is hán 寒 (ant. standardly shǔ 暑, but also wēn 溫, rè 熱 "warm").