Chinese symbol for “freezing”
冷冻
lěng dòng
Traditional: 冷凍
to freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for freezing is 冷冻 (lěng dòng), defined as: to freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezing.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冷冻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冷静 (冷靜) | lěng jìng | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet |
| 冷战 (冷戰) | lěng zhàn | cold war; (fig.) strained relationship |
| 寒冷 | hán lěng | cold (climate); frigid |
| 冷漠 | lěng mò | cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard |
| 冷却 (冷卻) | lěng què | (lit. and fig.) to cool |
| 冻结 (凍結) | dòng jié | to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) |
| 解冻 (解凍) | jiě dòng | to melt; to thaw |
| 冰冻 (冰凍) | bīng dòng | to freeze |
See also: Japanese symbol for “freezing”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.