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Chinese symbol for “skate”

滑冰
huá bīng
to skate; skating

The closest CC-CEDICT match for skate is 滑冰 (huá bīng), defined as: to skate; skating.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

滑 huá
to slip, to slide; slippery, polished
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes
冰 bīng
ice; ice-cold
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “skate”

WordPinyinMeaning
溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth
鳐鱼 (鰩魚)yáo yúskate (cartilaginous fish of the family Rajidae); (coll.) ray (fish)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 滑冰.

WordPinyinMeaning
下滑xià huáto slide down (a slope etc); (fig.) to decline
滑雪huá xuěto ski; skiing
滑稽huá jīcomical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
光滑guāng huásmooth
滑动 (滑動)huá dòngto slide; sliding movement
滑坡huá pōrockslide; landslip
冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox
冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream

See also: Japanese symbol for “skate”.

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.