凝 (níng): to congeal, to concentrate attention, to stare
凝 (níng) is a Chinese character meaning “to congeal.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冫 (semantic) and 疑 (phonetic). It ranks #1620 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 凝 ice. Its radical form 冫 (ice) appears in many related characters such as 冷 (lěng, cold), 净 (jìng, clean), 准 (zhǔn, to allow).
Definitions
- to congeal
- to concentrate attention
- to stare
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete (building material) |
| 凝视 | níng shì | to gaze at |
| 凝固 | níng gù | to freeze |
| 凝聚 | níng jù | to condense |
| 凝结 | níng jié | to condense |
| 凝望 | níng wàng | to gaze at |
| 凝聚力 | níng jù lì | cohesion |
| 凝重 | níng zhòng | dignified |
| 凝神 | níng shén | with rapt attention |
| 凝集 | níng jí | to concentrate |
| 凝血酶 | níng xuè méi | thrombin (biochemistry) |
| 凝滞 | níng zhì | to stagnate |
| 男性凝视 | nán xìng níng shì | male gaze |
| 外源凝集素 | wài yuán níng jí sù | (biochemistry) lectin |
| 凝固点 | níng gù diǎn | freezing point |
凝 appears in 45 compound words: 69 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 凝 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了凝字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le níng zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "凝" in the dictionary.
【单T过关】梓忠:凝妙星拚个明白
dān T guò guān 梓 zhōng : níng miào xīng 拚 gè míng bái
[Single-Match Victory] Zi Zhong: Ning Miaoxing Gives It Their All
...国两会)无党派人士孙其信:为中国式现代化凝聚智慧、贡献力量
. . . guó liǎng huì ) wú dǎng pài rén shì sūn qí xìn : wéi zhōng guó shì xiàn dài huà níng jù zhì huì , gòng xiàn lì liàng
... National People's Congress) Sun Qixin, a non-party person: Gather wisdom and contribute to Chinese-style modernization
...玻璃陶瓷 3 发布:超 2 米高度跌落混凝土表面,仍完好无损
. . . bō lí táo cí 3 fā bù : chāo 2 mǐ gāo dù diē luò hùn níng tǔ biǎo miàn , réng wán hǎo wú sǔn
...Glass-Ceramic 3: Dropped from a height of over 2 meters onto a concrete surface and remained intact
行销总监观神韵 感受凝聚人心的力量
háng xiāo zǒng jiān guàn shén yùn gǎn shòu níng jù rén xīn de lì liàng
The marketing director looks at Shen Yun and feels the power of uniting people's hearts
Palvella报告淋巴管畸形凝胶第三期试验结果呈阳性
P a l v e l l a bào gào lín bā guǎn jī xíng níng jiāo dì sān qī shì yàn jié guǒ chéng yáng xìng
Palvela reported positive results from the phase III trial of lymphangiomalformations gel
女孩凝视着洋娃娃。
Nǚhái níngshì zhe yángwáwa.
The girl was gazing at the doll.
水泥会在数个小时内凝固。
Shuǐní huì zài shù gè xiǎoshí nèi nínggù.
The cement will set in a couple of hours.
没有什么比在夜晚凝望天空更美好了。
Méiyǒushénme bǐ zài yèwǎn níngwàng tiānkōng gèng měihǎo le.
Nothing is better than staring at the night sky.
他站在窗外凝望着我。
Tā zhàn zài chuāng wài níngwàng zhe wǒ.
He stood outside the window staring at me.
Character Family
冫 Radical Family — Characters sharing the ice radical
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