挡

dǎng

HSK 53 readings

“To resist” in Chinese is 挡 (dǎng).

Other characters with the syllable dang: see all 5 →

Meaning

to resist
to obstruct
to hinder

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to keep off
to block (a blow)
to get in the way of
cover
gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
to arrange
to put in order
variant of 擋|挡[dang3]

Example

没有男人能够抵挡女人的诱惑。

No man can resist the lure of a woman.

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

Readings

dǎngto resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) / variant of 擋|挡
dàngto arrange / to put in order

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 挡

抵挡dǐdǎngto resistHSK 7-9 阻挡zǔdǎngto stopHSK 7-9

More HSK 5 characters

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