封城

fēngchéng

verb

Meanings

HSK 4

封城结束以后，街上又热闹起来了。

Fēngchéng jiéshù yǐhòu, jiēshàng yòu rènao qǐlai le.

Once the lockdown ended, the streets came back to life.

HSK 7-9

疫情严重的时候，有些城市封城了。

Yìqíng yánzhòng de shíhou, yǒuxiē chéngshì fēngchéng le.

When the epidemic was at its worst, some cities went into lockdown.

history

It became an everyday news word on 23 January 2020, when 武汉 was sealed off; that lockdown lasted 76 days, until 8 April. Lifting a lockdown is 解封.

封 fēng

城 chéng