凝固

Chinese

		congeal; concentrate attention	hard; strong; solid hard; strong; solid; sure
trad. (凝固)		凝	固
simp. #(凝固)		凝	固

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nínggù

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ gu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nínggù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nínggù
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-ku⁴
    • Yale: níng-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningguh
    • Palladius: нингу (ningu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ gu³
    • Yale: yìhng gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ kuː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengkox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹/

Verb

凝固

1. (physics) to freeze; (verbal noun) freezing
2. to solidify; to congeal

Antonyms

• (freeze): 熔化 (rónghuà)

Related terms

• 凝結／凝结 (níngjié)

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