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冻

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dòng
verb HSK 5 #4,572

Meanings

  1. 1 to freeze
  2. 2 to feel very cold
  3. 3 frozen

Characters

冻
dòng
to freeze; frozen
冫(ice radical) + 东 (east) — ice; the cold that freezes

Examples

水冻成了冰。
Shuǐ dòng chéng le bīng.
The water froze into ice.
我快冻死了！
Wǒ kuài dòng sǐ le!
I'm freezing to death!
把肉放在冰箱里冻起来。
Bǎ ròu fàng zài bīngxiāng lǐ dòng qǐlái.
Put the meat in the freezer to freeze it.

Tips

usage
冻死了 (dòng sǐ le) is a hyperbolic expression meaning 'freezing cold' — very common in spoken Chinese.
usage
冰冻 (bīngdòng, frozen), 冷冻 (lěngdòng, to deep-freeze), 果冻 (guǒdòng, jelly/gelatin).

Stroke Order

冻 dòng