Taxonomy of meanings for 凍:　　

  • 凍 dòng (OC: tooŋs MC: tuŋ) 多貢切 去 廣韻：【冰凍又音東 】
    • COLD
      • nabstativefrost
      • vadNfreezing; very cold; frozen
      • vifeel cold, freeze; suffer from the cold
      • vtoNcausativeallow or cause to freeze
      • nabfreezing, suffering from coldLZ
    • ICE
      • HARD
        • BRIGHT
          • SURNAMES
          • 凍 dōng (OC: tooŋ MC: tuŋ) 德紅切 平 廣韻：【凍凌又都貢切 】

          Additional information about 凍

          說文解字: 【凍】，仌也。从仌、東聲。 【多貢切】

            Criteria
          • COLD

            1. The standard current word referring to coldness is hán 寒 (ant. wēn 溫, rè 熱 "warm").

            2. Lěng 冷 refers to anything fresh and cool rather than rè 熱 "unpleasantly hot".

            3. Dòng 凍 describes a very high degree of coldness, typically below the freezing point of water.

            4. Liáng 涼 (ant. wēn 溫 "lukewarm") describes a mild form of coldness, prototypically that of a cool breeze liáng fēng 涼風.

            5. Qīng 清 (ant. rù 溽 "unpleasantly humid and warm") describes a mild, fresh coolness of climate rather than of liquids or solids.