Word information
Simplified封锁
Traditional封鎖
Pinyinfēngsuǒ
Part of speech动
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.06
Character breakdown
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How to learn 封锁
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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封fēng
surname Feng; to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
锁suǒold variant of 鎖|锁[suo3]; to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[ba3])
信封xìnfēngenvelope; CL:個|个[ge4]
封闭fēngbìto close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
封顶fēngdǐngto put a roof (on a building); to cap the roof (finishing a building project); fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc); to top off; fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates); to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
封建fēngjiànsystem of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic