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Chinese symbol for “thaw”

退冰
tuì bīng
to thaw (frozen food); to bring to room temperature

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thaw is 退冰 (tuì bīng), defined as: to thaw (frozen food); to bring to room temperature.

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

退 tuì
to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
冰 bīng
ice; ice-cold
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “thaw”

WordPinyinMeaning
融化róng huàto melt; to thaw
融róngto melt; to thaw
解冻 (解凍)jiě dòngto melt; to thaw
开化 (開化)kāi huàto become civilized; to be open-minded
融雪天气 (融雪天氣)róng xuě tiān qìa thaw

Related words

Other words that share a character with 退冰.

WordPinyinMeaning
退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort
退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
撤退chè tuìto retreat
衰退shuāi tuìto decline; to fall
倒退dào tuìto fall back; to go in reverse
退役tuì yì(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox
冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream

See also: Japanese symbol for “thaw”.

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.

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