封锁

封鎖

fēngsuǒ

verb HSK 7-9 #3,269

Meanings

1 to blockade; to seal off
2 to lock down

Characters

to seal; to block

Literally 'seal and lock' - to completely close off an area.

Examples

HSK 3

警方封锁了事故现场。

Jǐngfāng fēngsuǒ le shìgù xiànchǎng.

The police sealed off the accident scene.

HSK 3

消息被完全封锁了。

Xiāoxi bèi wánquán fēngsuǒ le.

The information was completely blocked.

Tips

usage

封锁 can be physical (sealing off a road, blockading a port) or abstract (blocking information, imposing sanctions). 封锁消息 means to suppress news; 经济封锁 means economic blockade.

Stroke Order

封 fēng

锁 suǒ