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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “thaw”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 融化 | róng huà | to melt; to thaw |
| 融 | róng | to melt; to thaw |
| 解冻 (解凍) | jiě dòng | to melt; to thaw |
| 开化 (開化) | kāi huà | to become civilized; to be open-minded |
| 融雪天气 (融雪天氣) | róng xuě tiān qì | a thaw |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 退冰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 撤退 | chè tuì | to retreat |
| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline; to fall |
| 倒退 | dào tuì | to 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| 退役 | tuì yì | (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned |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 xiāng | refrigerator; (old) icebox |
| 冰淇淋 | bīng qí lín | ice 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.