The Chinese word 冰冻 (bīngdòng) is a compound formed by combining two characters with related meanings: 冰 (bīng), meaning "ice", and 冻 (dòng), meaning "to freeze" or "freezing". It follows a common morphological pattern in Chinese where the first character modifies or specifies the action of the second, creating a resultative or descriptive meaning. Literally, it depicts the process or state where water turns into ice ("ice-freeze"), and it functions as both a verb ("to freeze solid") and an adjective ("frozen"). This combination efficiently conveys the concept of something becoming solidly frozen through cold.