冻结

凍結

dòngjié

verb HSK 7-9 #9,371

Meanings

1 to freeze
2 to freeze (assets, accounts, negotiations)

Characters

to freeze; frozen

to congeal; to form

Literally 'freeze and solidify' - used both for physical freezing and for halting processes.

Examples

HSK 2

湖面已经冻结了。

Húmiàn yǐjīng dòngjié le.

The lake has frozen over.

HSK 6

银行冻结了他的账户。

Yínháng dòngjié le tā de zhànghù.

The bank froze his account.

Tips

usage

Like English 'freeze,' 冻结 works both literally (ice) and figuratively (assets, wages, relations). 冻结工资 means a wage freeze; 冻结关系 means to freeze relations.

Stroke Order

冻 dòng

结 jié