HSK 6 · Society

封锁 fēngsuǒ “to blockade” in Chinese

Traditional 封鎖

What 封锁 means

  1. to blockade
  2. to seal off
  3. to lock down

How to say 封锁

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale封fēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale锁suǒ3rd tone, dipping

封锁 in a sentence

  1. 因为下大雪，这条公路被封锁了。

    Yīnwèi xià dàxuě, zhè tiáo gōnglù bèi fēngsuǒ le.

    The road has been closed because of heavy snow.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 警察封锁了现场。

    Jǐngchá fēngsuǒ le xiànchǎng.

    The police sealed off the scene.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 封锁 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 封 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
封fēngto confer
  • 圭jade tablet · guī
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 锁 (suǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
锁suǒto lock; to lock up
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎoSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèi

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); ⺌ (xiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with suǒ.

How to write 封锁

封 9 strokes · 锁 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 封锁

Words with 封

封fēng · (m.w. for letters信封xìnfēng · envelope封闭fēngbì · to seal off密封mìfēng · to seal up封建fēngjiàn · feudal

Words with 锁

锁suǒ · to lock连锁liánsuǒ · chain (store etc.)

More words: Society & Law

废除fèichú · to abolish非法fēifǎ · illegal封建fēngjiàn · feudal风气fēngqì · social atmosphere风土人情fēngtǔrénqíng · local customs and conditions分裂fēnliè · to split否决fǒujué · to veto腐败fǔbài · corrupt

FAQs

封锁 (fēngsuǒ) means “to blockade” or “to seal off”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fēngsuǒ: fēng with a 1st tone, then suǒ with a 3rd 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, 封锁 is written 封鎖. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fengsuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 封锁 from the suggestions. Typing fengsuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
封锁 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.