Chinese word

冻结

Pronunciation

Pinyindòng jié

Meaning

  • verbfreeze

Example

银行把他的账户冻结了。yín háng bǎ tā de zhàng hù dòng jié le

The bank froze his account.

Illustration for 冻结 (freeze)

More examples

法院对嫌疑人名下的冻结资产进行了调查。fǎ yuàn duì xián yí rén míng xià de dòng jié zī chǎn jìn xíng le diào chá

The court investigated the frozen assets in the suspect's name.

Core concept

Movement or access stops when something is held as firmly as frozen matter.

Common phrases

  • 冻结账户dòng jié zhàng hù

    freeze an account

  • 冻结资产dòng jié zī chǎn

    freeze assets

  • 冻结交易dòng jié jiāo yì

    freeze transactions

Similar words

锁定suǒ dìng: To make something inaccessible or unusable through a lock, security measure, or fixed setting.
暂停zàn tíng: To put an activity, service, or process on hold for a temporary period.
封锁fēng suǒ: To shut off an entrance, route, or means of communication from the outside.
限制xiàn zhì: To control how much or how far something can extend by setting an allowed range.

Definition in Chinese

使某物结冰或使某项权利、资金、账户等被限制或中止使用，表示无法动用或转移。shǐ mǒu wù jié bīng huò shǐ mǒu xiàng quán lì zī jīn zhàng hù děng bèi xiàn zhì huò zhōng zhǐ shǐ yòng biǎo shì wú fǎ dòng yòng huò zhuǎn yí

Word origin

冻结 (dòngjié, "freeze") is formed from 冻 (dòng, "freeze") + 结 (jié, "tie"), so its literal picture of frozen matter supports the extended sense of something fixed and unavailable.

Usage tips

  • This verb has a notably formal everyday use in Chinese, especially in notices about accounts, funds, and digital services, where English may use several different expressions instead of freeze.

Opposites

Related words

  • 冻结令dòng jié lìngfreezing ordernoun
  • 冻结期dòng jié qīfreezing periodnoun

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