冻结

凍結

dòngjié

verb HSK 7-9 #9,371

Meanings

1 to freeze
2 to freeze (assets, accounts, negotiations)

Characters

to freeze; frozen

to congeal; to form

Literally 'freeze and solidify' — used both for physical freezing and for halting processes.

Examples

湖面已经冻结了。

Húmiàn yǐjīng dòngjié le.

The lake has frozen over.

银行冻结了他的账户。

Yínháng dòngjié le tā de zhànghù.

The bank froze his account.

Tips

usage

Like English 'freeze,' 冻结 works both literally (ice) and figuratively (assets, wages, relations). 冻结工资 means a wage freeze; 冻结关系 means to freeze relations.

Stroke Order

冻 dòng

结 jié