冰川

Chinese

		ice	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (冰川)		冰	川

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ cyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingchuan
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: bīng-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingchuan
    • Palladius: бинчуань (binčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ cyun¹
    • Yale: bīng chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

冰川

1. glacier

   冰川融化  ―  bīngchuān rónghuà  ―  glacial melting; ablation

Synonyms

• 冰河 (bīnghé)

Derived terms

• 冰川作用

• 冰川期 (bīngchuānqī)