Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
冻
dòng
Description
冬天很冷，水会冻成冰。
Winter is very cold, and water will freeze into ice.
如果你不穿多点，就会冻得发抖。
If you don't wear enough clothes, you'll freeze and shiver.
Meanings
冻dòng
to freeze; become solid from cold
水冻成冰了。
The water froze into ice.
冻dòng
to feel very cold; be frozen
我的手冻得很疼。
My hands are very sore from the cold.
冻dòng
jelly-like food; congealed dish
我喜欢吃果冻。
I like to eat jelly.
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Notes
- Etymology
冫 (ice radical) + 东 (phonetic), meaning related to cold and ice.
- Nuance
冻 means freeze from cold; 冷 just means cold without becoming solid.
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