The Chinese word 冻死 (dòngsǐ) is a verb-object compound formed by combining the verb 冻 (dòng), meaning "to freeze" or "to feel very cold", with the resultative complement 死 (sǐ), meaning "to die". In Mandarin morphology, this structure is a common way to indicate that the action of the first character leads to the extreme outcome denoted by the second. Thus, 冻死 literally translates to "freeze to death", where the freezing process causes death, making it a succinct and logical formation describing a fatal result of extreme cold.