冰冻

to freeze

Characters and words in 冰冻

ice / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine

冰 = 冫 + 水 : Brunhilde (bi) is making some ice (冰) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). She puts lots of orange juice in a water fountain (水), throws some wooden sticks inside and adds lots of ice cubes (冰). She expects to have lots of popsicles (冫) ready soon.

冰

氷

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1

variant of 冰[bing1]

冻

凍

dòng = du + (e)ng4

to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly

冻 = 东 + 冫 : Doggy Dog set up his booth at a very bad time: it's winter, and it's freezing cold. He built a small Oriental Pearl Tower in the engine's bathroom and tries to sell popsicles in aspic.