干冰

Traditional form:

乾冰

Pinyin (reading):

gānbīng

Definitions:

• dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
• CL:塊／块 (kuài)

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 冰 - ice; ice-cold

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 冰 - ice; ice-cold