封锁

封鎖

fēngsuǒ

verb HSK 7 #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

警方封锁了事故现场。

Jǐngfāng fēngsuǒ le shìgù xiànchǎng.

The police sealed off the accident scene.

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