Meaning
to freeze
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “dong” becomes a different word in each tone. 冻 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 冻结dòng jiéto freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)
- 冷冻lěng dòngto freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezing
- 开冻kāi dòngto thaw; to melt
- 果冻guǒ dònggelatin dessert
- 化冻huà dòngto defrost
Example Sentence
天太冷了，水缸里的水都冻成了冰。Tiān tài lěng le, shuǐ gāng lǐ de shuǐ dōu dòng chéng le bīng.It was so cold that the water in the jar froze into ice.
天Tiānday太tàitoo冷lěngcold了le(completed action)，水缸shuǐ gāngwater jar里lǐinside的deof水shuǐShui ethnic group都dōuall冻dòngto freeze成了chéng leto be done冰bīngice。