速冻 (sù dòng) — to quick-freeze (food) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to quick-freeze (food)

Examples

速冻。
Zhè xiē jiǎo zi dōu shì sù dòng de.
These dumplings are all quick-frozen.
速冻。
Gōng rén bǎ gāng bǔ dào de yú sù dòng qǐ lái.
The workers quick-freeze the freshly caught fish.
速冻。
sù dòng Shí pǐn zài chāo shì lǐ hěn cháng jiàn.
Quick-frozen foods are very common in supermarkets.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

速 means quick, and 冻 means freeze, together describing freezing quickly.

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

辵辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

束

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

速 pairs 辵, the walking part, with 束, which is used for its sound; the walking part fits the meaning of moving fast.

Most 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.

冫東凍

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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