ICE    冰冰

HARD FROZEN WATER.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for ice is bīng 冰. 2. Shuāng 霜 refers to frost.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 GEOGRAPHY 13. 冰，水在攝氏零度以下凝結成的固體，統稱。 凌，人工砍鑿的冰塊。 凍，厚冰。 澌，解凍時河中流動的冰塊。
Modern Chinese Criteria
冰 冰凌 凌 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • HAIL　SNOW which has BECOME ICE SPHERES. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
See also
  • SNOWWHITE FROZEN RAIN.
Hypernym
  • WATER　INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA. (anc: 6/0, child: 10)
  • LIQUID　SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.77

    • Words (7 items)

    冰  bīng OC: prɯŋ MC: pɨŋ 21 Attributions

    The current word for ice is bīng 冰.

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

      Syntactic words
    • nadNfigurativeresembling ice, cf. 冰糖DS
    • nadVlike ice 冰釋 "dissolve like ice> 1. dissolve; 2.spread in all directions"
    • nmice; layer of ice; iced water
    • vadNfrozen
    • vi0there is ice MO 夏冰 "when there is ice in summer"
    • vichangebecome frozen
    霜  shuāng OC: sqraŋ MC: ʂi̯ɐŋ 13 Attributions

    Shuāng 霜 refers to frost.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 雪/SNOW The dominant word is xuě 雪.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturepsychological chillCH
    • nmfrozen dew or vapour, frost
    霜露  shuāng lù OC: sqraŋ ɡ-raaɡs MC: ʂi̯ɐŋ luo̝ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmhoar-frost
    寒冰  hán bīng OC: ɡaan prɯŋ MC: ɦɑn pɨŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmice as a torture instrument in Buddhist hell
    凌  líng OC: b-rɯŋ MC: lɨŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    凘  sī OC: sle MC: siɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmCC: floating ice
    凝  níng OC: ŋɡɯŋ MC: ŋɨŋ 0 Attributions

    post-Buddhist: ice

      Syntactic words
    • nmice