冰雪

Chinese

		ice	snow
trad. (冰雪)		冰	雪
simp. #(冰雪)		冰	雪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngxuě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ syut³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pên-siet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng-serh / peng-seh / peng-soat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-hsüeh³
    • Yale: bīng-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingsheue
    • Palladius: бинсюэ (binsjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ syut³
    • Yale: bīng syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ syːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pên-siet
    • Hakka Romanization System: ben^ˊ xied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ben¹ xiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pen²⁴ si̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-serh
    • Tâi-lô: ping-serh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³ səʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-seh
    • Tâi-lô: ping-seh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengseq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² seʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ seʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-soat
    • Tâi-lô: ping-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengsoad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³ suat̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ping sjwet

Rime
Character	冰	雪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	筆陵切	相絕切
Baxter	ping	sjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨŋ/	/siuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pɨŋ/	/sʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pieŋ/	/sjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piŋ/	/swiat̚/
Li Rong	/piəŋ/	/siuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭəŋ/	/sĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯əŋ/	/si̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīng	xue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing1	syut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p.rəŋ  [s]ot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pŋrɯŋ|ŋrɯŋ  sqʰʷed/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	冰	雪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bīng	xuě
Middle Chinese	‹ ping ›	‹ sjwet ›
Old Chinese	/*p.rəŋ/ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)	/*[s]ot/
English	ice	snow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冰	冰	雪
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	856	860	5477
Phonetic component	仌	仌	彗
Rime group	蒸	蒸	月
Rime subdivision	0	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	冫	凝	雪
Old Chinese	/*pŋrɯŋ/	/*ŋrɯŋ/	/*sqʰʷed/
Notes		筆陵切注又切

Noun

冰雪

1. ice and snow

Derived terms

• 冰雪嚴寒 / 冰雪严寒
• 冰雪堂
• 冰雪心
• 冰雪植物
• 冰雪節 / 冰雪节
• 冰雪聰明 / 冰雪聪明 (bīngxuěcōngmíng)

Adjective

冰雪

1. (literary, of a person) pure as the driven snow; virtuous, honest, upright, moral, chaste, etc.
2. (literary, of a literary composition) elegant and tasteful; refreshingly lucid