凝 (níng) means Congeal (solidify - gaze). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
水泥要过几个小时才 凝 固。
Shuǐní yào guò jǐ ge xiǎoshí cái nínggù.
Cement takes a few hours to set.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝固
那一刻，空气仿佛 凝 固了。
Nà yí kè, kōngqì fǎngfú nínggù le.
In that moment the air seemed to freeze.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝固
她久久 凝 视着那张老照片。
Tā jiǔjiǔ níngshìzhe nà zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn.
She gazed at that old photograph for a long time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝视
这本书 凝 聚了他一生的心血。
Zhè běn shū níngjù le tā yìshēng de xīnxuè.
This book embodies a lifetime of his effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝聚
共同的目标 凝 聚了整个团队。
Gòngtóng de mùbiāo níngjù le zhěnggè tuánduì.
A shared goal drew the whole team together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝聚
他 凝 视着远方，一句话也不说。
Tā níngshìzhe yuǎnfāng, yí jù huà yě bù shuō.
He gazed into the distance without saying a word.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝视
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Words that contain 凝
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Questions about 凝
How is 凝 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 凝 (níng, "Congeal (solidify - gaze)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 凝 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 凝 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 凝 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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