Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 封

surname Feng

to confer
to grant
to bestow a title
to seal
classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters

to enclose

to sign across the seal (as a precaution against fraud)

to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc)
(computing) to seal off a network

envelope
wrapper
(book) jacket
(record) sleeve

border region
regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)

to confer a title upon sb
to dub
to crown
to invest with rank or title

front cover

to close; to seal off
to close down (an illegal venue)
closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)

(baseball etc) shutout
to shut out (the opposing team)

to lock down a city

to win the championship
(of an emperor) to bestow the title of king on a subject

Dengfeng, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州／郑州 ( Zhèngzhōu), Henan

to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)

to encapsulate
to enclose
to wrap
to seal inside

to appoint sb to a post or confer a title on sb by imperial order

to blockade
to seal off
to lock down

back cover

to confer a posthumous title

to ban (narcotics, a movie etc)
to block (a road etc)
(Internet) to block (a user)

to seal off a port

(of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu

(Catholicism) to canonize

to receive fief and title; to be enfeoffed
(fig.) to be rewarded by the emperor

to freeze over
to ice over
icebound
to shelve (a proposal etc)

to sequester
to seize (assets)
to seal up
to close down

road closure
to close a road

to wrap up
to pack up

to seal up

to open (sth that has been sealed)

to heap earth (to close a tomb)
a mound (covering a tomb)

to package up
(computer networking) packet

seal

to open sth that has been sealed

to laminate
laminated
laminate

Fengqiu county in Xinxiang 新鄉／新乡 ( Xīnxiāng), Henan

to proclaim oneself (sth)
to give oneself the title of
self-appointed
self-styled
to limit oneself to
to isolate oneself

fast (in several religions)
Ramadan (Islam)
see also 齋月／斋月 ( Zhāiyuè)

inside back cover

cover (of a publication)

to lock down

to freeze over (of water or land)

to shut out; to block; to smother

inside front cover

seal (on envelopes)

to hang up the sword

Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶／肇庆 ( Zhàoqìng), Guangdong

grant of territory by an emperor or monarch (old)

covered in dust
dusty
lying unused for a long time

to sequester
to seal up (for safe keeping)
to freeze (an account)
to mothball

to confer a title
to ennoble
to knight
title of nobility

dust jacket (of a book)
protective cover
document seal

to lift a ban
to end a lockdown

inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers)

to close up
to heal (of wound)
to keep one's lips sealed

the back cover of a book

cap
seal
cover
to cover
blocked shot (basketball)

sealing clay
lute

vassal state

(archaic) title granted to a person
to ban an (online) account

to seal
to close up a package with a seal

envelope
CL:個／个 (gè)

outer skin
envelope
cover
(legal) seal

to gather dust

to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document)
to confer an additional title on a nobleman

to divide and confer (property on one's descendants)

to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute
lute
luting

Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan
old name Bianliang 汴梁 ( Biànliáng)

to open (sth that has been sealed)

wide belt
sash
(packaging) paper sash around a book or other product

system of enfeoffment
feudalism
feudal
feudalistic

feudal fiefdom
land held as a vassal in feudal society
enfeoffment

to 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)

Fēngshén Bǎng

Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng) overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc

the feudal system
system of enfeoffment

Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶／肇庆 ( Zhàoqìng), Guangdong

fēngzhuāngkuài

capsule
encapsulated unit (e.g. circuit board)

sealant
sealing glue

Lent

blockade line; cordon
CL:道 (dào)

Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty

freezing over of river in winter

hush money

Dengfeng, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州／郑州 ( Zhèngzhōu), Henan

barge board
weather board
eaves board (construction)

closed; encapsulated

first day cover (philately)

feudal ruler

resealable bag; ziplock bag

sealed compartment

Fengqiu county in Xinxiang 新鄉／新乡 ( Xīnxiāng), Henan

inside back cover

semifeudal

Kaifeng county in Kaifeng, Henan

Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan
old name Bianliang 汴梁 ( Biànliáng)

fēngjiànzhǔyì

feudalism

fēngjiànzhìdù

feudalism

Fēngshén Yǎnyì

Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng) overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc

yuánfēngbùdòng

sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
untouched

fēngguānxǔyuàn

to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance

fēngdǐngyíshì

ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)

huíyóuxìnfēng

self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)

fēngjiànsīxiǎng

feudal way of thinking

fēngjiànshídài

feudal times

fēngjiànshèhuì

feudal society

stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
stagnating and conservative

fēngshāyùlín

to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)

jiāfēngguānjiē

to confer additional titles on a nobleman

fēngqīyìnzǐ

to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles

wēixíngfēngzhuāngkuài

微型封装块

[微型封裝塊]

microcapsule

jiànxuèfēnghóushù

见血封喉树

[見血封喉樹]

Antiaris toxicaria (botany)

Fēngbìxìng Kāijú

封闭性开局

[封閉性開局]

Closed Game
Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess)
same as 雙后前兵開局／双后前兵开局

mìfēngfúshèyuán

密封辐射源

[密封輻射源]

sealed radiation source

qiúshānzhènlièfēngzhuāng

球栅阵列封装

[球柵陣列封裝]

ball grid array (BGA), type of microchip package

bànfēngjiànbànzhímíndì

半封建半殖民地

[半封建半殖民地]

semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)