冻 (dòng) — to freeze (of water, food, etc.); to feel very cold (of a person or body part)
Definition
A plain everyday verb: water or food freezing, or a person/body part feeling very cold. Lighter and more colloquial than the technical 冷冻 (to freeze food) or 冻结 (to freeze assets).
verb
to freeze (of water, food, etc.)to feel very cold (of a person or body part)
Examples
- ，冻。Tiān qì hěn lěng, shuǐ dōu dòng chéng bīng le.The weather is very cold; the water has frozen into ice.
- ，冻。Dōng tiān qí chē, wǒ de liǎn dōu dòng hóng le.Riding a bike in winter, my face froze red from the cold.
- 冻。Bǎ yú fàng jìn bīng xiāng dòng qǐ lái.Put the fish in the fridge to freeze.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 凍; 冻 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
冫Written in full as仌bīng
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng凍dòng
Same sound today
The traditional form 凍 pairs 冫 (ice) with 東 for the sound; the simplified 冻 is a later shorthand.
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