Chinese symbol for “hail”
冰雹
bīng báo
hail; hailstone; 场 (cháng),粒 (lì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hail is 冰雹 (bīng báo), defined as: hail; hailstone; 场 (cháng),粒 (lì).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hail”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雹 | báo | hail |
| 雹子 | báo zi | hail; hailstone |
| 扬召 (揚召) | yáng zhào | to flag down (a cab) on the street; to hail (a taxicab) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冰雹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰箱 | bīng xiāng | refrigerator; (old) icebox |
| 冰淇淋 | bīng qí lín | ice cream |
| 冰川 | bīng chuān | glacier |
| 冰雪 | bīng xuě | ice and snow |
| 冰冷 | bīng lěng | ice-cold |
| 冰块 (冰塊) | bīng kuài | ice cube; ice chunk |
| 雹灾 (雹災) | báo zāi | disaster caused by hail |
| 雹暴 | báo bào | hailstorm |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hail”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.