粵

封fung1城sing4

fung1 sing4fēng chéng

English

  1. to lock down a city
  2. to impose a lockdown town-wide or citywide

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 禁止人口出入城鎮,限制城鎮民眾外出活動;通常用嚟控制傳染病擴散

Examples

  • 鑑於疫情加劇,英國決定提升防疫級別,全國封城。

    In view of the worsening pandemic, the U.K. decided to move to restrictions in a higher tier and impose a national lockdown.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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