HanTrace

堵

dǔ
HSK 4

Other characters with the syllable du: see all 12 →

Meaning

  • to block up (a road, pipe etc)
  • to stop up (a hole)
  • (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
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  • (classifier for walls)
  • wall (literary)

Example

因为堵车，我开会迟到了。

Because there was traffic, I was late to the meeting.

From 堵车 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Words containing 堵

堵车dǔchētraffic jamHSK 4堵塞dǔsèto clog upHSK 7-9

More HSK 4 characters

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