查封 (chá fēng) — to seal up, to sequester (by order of authoriti… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

查封 (chá fēng) means authorities officially seal and freeze property or premises — combines 查 (investigate) and 封 (seal). Used for legal/administrative actions by courts or police.

verb

to seal upto sequester (by order of authorities)

Examples

查封。
Nà jiā gōng sī bèi chá fēng le.
That company was sealed up.
查封。
Fǎ yuàn xià lìng chá fēng tā de quán bù cái chǎn.
The court ordered the sequestration of all his property.
查封。
Jǐng fāng chá fēng le nà jiā shè xián wéi fǎ de diàn pù.
The police sealed up the shop suspected of illegal activities.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

查cháinspect

查封 means to 查 'inspect' and 封 'seal' a place or property.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

且

且qiě查chá

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

寸寸cùnhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

丰

丰fēng封fēng

Same sound today

The shape 封 is 丰 plus 土 (earth) plus 寸 (hand); 丰 was originally drawn as a tree seedling.

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