破冰

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破冰

  • pòbīng Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄧㄥ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • po³ bing¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • pòbīng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄧㄥ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • pòbing Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • pʻo⁴-ping¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • pwò-bīng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • pohbing Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • побин Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • po³ bing¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • po bīng Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /pʰɔː³³ pɪŋ⁵⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

verb

  1. 破壞冰塊
  2. figuratively 暖身;讓大家彼此熟悉

In English

  • break the ice to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {破冰},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%A0%B4%E5%86%B0},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}