封存

fēngcún

verb #17,114

Meanings

1 to seal up (for safe keeping); to mothball
2 to sequester
3 to freeze (an account)

Characters

to seal; to close

to store; to keep

Examples

这些文件已经被封存了五十年。

Zhèxiē wénjiàn yǐjīng bèi fēngcún le wǔshí nián.

These documents have been sealed away for fifty years.

法院下令封存他的银行账户。

Fǎyuàn xiàlìng fēngcún tā de yínháng zhànghù.

The court ordered his bank accounts to be frozen.

Tips

usage

封存 implies sealing something away with the intent to preserve or restrict access, unlike 保存 (bǎocún) which simply means to store or save.

Stroke Order

封 fēng

存 cún