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How do you say "roller skates" in Chinese?
旱冰鞋
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In Chinese, "roller skates" is 旱冰鞋.
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Pronunciation
Say 'hahn' (falling tone) then 'bing' (rising tone) then 'shyeh' (rising tone). Three syllables.
Writing and usage
Three characters. 旱 means dry (nine strokes), 冰 means ice (five strokes), 鞋 means shoe (fourteen strokes).
Example sentence
我穿旱冰鞋在公园。
I wear roller skates in the park.
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How to remember 旱冰鞋
Literally 'dry ice shoes'. This clever name distinguishes roller skates (for dry land) from ice skates (for ice).
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Questions about 旱冰鞋
How do you say "roller skates" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "roller skates" is 旱冰鞋. It is a noun.
How is 旱冰鞋 written in Chinese?
Three characters. 旱 means dry (nine strokes), 冰 means ice (five strokes), 鞋 means shoe (fourteen strokes).
How is 旱冰鞋 used in a sentence?
Use 旱冰鞋 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 我穿旱冰鞋在公园。 (I wear roller skates in the park.).
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"Roller skates" in other languages
- Japanese ローラースケート (rōrāsukēto)
- Korean 롤러 스케이트 (rolleo seukeiteu)
- Spanish los patines
- Spanish (Latin America) los patines
- French les patins à roulettes
- German die Rollschuhe
- Italian i pattini
- Russian роликовые коньки (rolikovye konʹki)
- Greek τα τροχοπέδιλα (ρόλερς) (ta trohopedhila)
- Arabic بتناج (batinag)
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