Chinese symbol for “frostbite”
冻伤
dòng shāng
Traditional: 凍傷
frostbite
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frostbite is 冻伤 (dòng shāng), defined as: frostbite.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “frostbite”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冻疮 (凍瘡) | dòng chuāng | frostbite; chilblains |
| 霜害 | shuāng hài | frostbite; frost damage (to crop) |
| 冻穿 (凍穿) | dòng chuān | frostbite; chilblain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冻伤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冻结 (凍結) | dòng jié | to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) |
| 冷冻 (冷凍) | lěng dòng | to freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezing |
| 解冻 (解凍) | jiě dòng | to melt; to thaw |
| 冰冻 (冰凍) | bīng dòng | to freeze |
| 冻死 (凍死) | dòng sǐ | to freeze to death; to die off in winter |
| 果冻 (果凍) | guǒ dòng | gelatin dessert |
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frostbite”.
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.