封号

封號
fēnghào
verb #52,587

Meanings

  1. 1 to ban an account
  2. 2 to suspend (a social-media / game) account
  3. 3 (archaic) a title bestowed by the emperor

Examples

Tā shuō cuò huà bèi fēnghào le.
He got his account banned for saying the wrong thing.
Yóuxì lǐ kāiguà huì bèi yǒngjiǔ fēnghào.
Cheating in the game gets your account permanently banned.

Tips

usage
= to seal/shut + = account. Everyday internet vocab: Weibo, WeChat, Douyin, and every online game use 封号 for bans. Related: 解封 (to unban), (to get banned).
history
Classical meaning was 'title conferred by the emperor' (e.g. 太子封号). Internet-era users rediscovered the word for account suspension.

Stroke Order

fēng
hào