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dòng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dòng | dong4
English translation
to freeze
to feel very cold
aspic or jelly
cold; to freeze, to congeal; jelly

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About dòng

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

dòng

Contains the radical

bīng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of dòng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

冫东

Semantic compound

bīng

Phonetic compound

Dōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. bīng represents the meaning and Dōng represents the sound. Simplified form of dòng .

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Example sentences using dòng

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方向盘 fāng xiàng pán Cóng 冻僵 dòng jiāng de 手里 shǒu lǐ 滑脱, 汽车 qì chē 便 biàn héng zhāo 穿 chuān Guò le 马路 mǎ lù .

The wheel slipped from my frozen hand, and the car went right across the road.

薄冰冻结 dòngjié de de zài chūn róng lín 之下 zhī xià 漫漫 màn màn de 软化 ruǎn huà le .

The sleety frozen earth began to soften under thaw and the rain.

咳嗽 késou 差不多 chàbuduō hǎo le , 可以 kěyǐ dòng de , chī de ?

Cough is about the same good, can drink aspic, eat hot?

jiù zài 霜冻 shuāng dòng 之前 zhī qián , de de 农民 nóngmín dōu 急忙 jímáng wǎng 地里 jiāo le biàn Shuǐ .

Just before the frost farmers everywhere rushed to give the land a good watering.

通过 tōngguò 交替 jiāo tì de 冻结 dòngjié 抽空 chōu kòng 溶化 róng huà lái 使 shǐ 溶液 róng yè chú .

The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing.

Words with dòng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dòng to freeze dòng
冷冻 lěng dòng to freeze冷凍
冻结 dòngjié to freeze (water etc)凍結
冻死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death凍死
果冻 guǒ dòng gelatin dessert果凍
冰冻 bīng dòng to freeze冰凍
解冻 jiě dòng to melt解凍
速冻 sù dòng to quick-freeze速凍
防冻 fáng dòng antifreeze防凍
冻土 dòng tǔ frozen earth凍土
冻伤 dòng shāng frostbite凍傷
天寒地冻 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold天寒地凍
霜冻 shuāng dòng frost霜凍
冻疮 dòng chuāng frostbite凍瘡
冷冻库 lěng dòng kù freezer compartment冷凍庫
冻害 dòng hài (agriculture) freezing injury凍害
冻肉 dòng ròu cold or frozen meat凍肉
封冻 fēng dòng to freeze over (of water or land)封凍
冻雨 dòng yǔ sleet凍雨

dòng Decomposition & Compounds

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dòng Decomposition

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