HSK 5 · Verbs

冻 dòng “to freeze” in Chinese

Traditional 凍

What 冻 means

  1. to freeze
  2. to feel very cold
  3. aspic or jelly

How to say 冻

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale冻dòng4th tone, falling

冻 in a sentence

  1. 水是液体。冻起来就成了固体。

    Shuǐ shì yètǐ. Dòng qǐlai jiù chéng le gùtǐ.

    Water is a liquid. When it freezes, it becomes a solid.

    Sentence #787295 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的手指冻僵了，以至于无法弹钢琴了。

    Wǒ de shǒuzhǐ dòngjiāng le, yǐzhìyú wúfǎ tán gāngqín le.

    My fingers are so numb with cold that I can’t play the piano.

    Sentence #333903 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 肉冻住了。

    Ròu dòngzhù le.

    The meat is frozen.

    Sentence #13107405 from Tatoeba

How 冻 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 冻 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
冻dòngto freeze
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 东east · dōngSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 东 (dōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with dòng.

How to write 冻

冻 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

冻 (dòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 冻 (dòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 冻

Words with 冻

冻结dòngjié · to freeze (assets

More words: Common Verbs

湿润shīrùn · moist摔倒shuāidǎo · to fall over随身suíshēn · to carry with you调整tiáozhěng · to adjust逗dòu · to tease度过dùguò · to pass堆duī · to pile up对比duìbǐ · to contrast

FAQs

冻 (dòng) means “to freeze” or “to feel very cold”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dòng: dòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 冻 is written 凍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冻 from the suggestions. Typing dong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冻 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.