HSK 6 · Money

冻结 dòngjié “to freeze (assets” in Chinese

Traditional 凍結

What 冻结 means

  1. to freeze (assets, prices etc.)
  2. to freeze (of liquids)
  3. to suspend
  4. to freeze (water etc)
  5. (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)

How to say 冻结

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale冻dòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale结jié2nd tone, rising

冻结 in a sentence

  1. 我将建筑称作被冻结的音乐。

    Wǒ jiāng jiànzhù chēngzuò bèi dòngjié de yīnyuè.

    I call architecture frozen music.

    Sentence #1239327 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 冻结 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.

The character 结 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
结jiéknot
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 吉lucky · jíSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jié.

Memory aidSilk 纟 tied into a knot. 吉 (jí) gives the sound: to tie, a knot.

How to write 冻结

冻 7 strokes · 结 9 strokes

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

Words related to 冻结

Words with 冻

冻dòng · to freeze

Words with 结

结婚jiéhūn · get married结束jiéshù · to end总结zǒngjié · to sum up结果jiéguǒ · result结合jiéhé · to combine结实jiēshi · sturdy结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion巴结bājie · to fawn on

More words: Money & Economy

次品cìpǐn · defective product担保dānbǎo · to guarantee淡季dànjì · off season倒闭dǎobì · to go bankrupt兑现duìxiàn · to fulfil (a promise)发财fācái · to get rich纺织fǎngzhī · textile贩卖fànmài · to sell

FAQs

冻结 (dòngjié) means “to freeze (assets, prices etc.)” or “to freeze (of liquids)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dòngjié: dòng with a 4th tone, then jié with a 2nd 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, 冻结 is written 凍結. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dongjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冻结 from the suggestions. Typing dongjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冻结 is an HSK 6 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.