The swimmers were numb with cold.
冻僵
frozen stiff
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Meaning and common use
frozen stiff
numb with cold
How 冻僵 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 冻僵 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
My fingers are so numb with cold that I can't play the piano.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 冻僵.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 冻僵.
Directly before
- 手指冻僵1
- 们冻僵1
- 我冻僵1
Directly after
- 冻僵了3
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 冻僵
What does 冻僵 mean in Chinese?
冻僵 (dòngjiāng) means frozen stiff.
How do you pronounce 冻僵?
冻僵 is pronounced dòngjiāng.
Is 冻僵 an HSK word?
冻僵 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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