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堵 dǔ

wall; to stop, to prevent, to block

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 4
Radical
土
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 土者 ⿰土者

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  1. 现在路上很堵车。
    Xiànzài lùshang hěn dǔchē.
    There's a lot of traffic on the road right now.
    now road-on very traffic-jam
  2. 今天为什么这么堵车？
    Jīntiān wèishénme zhème dǔchē?
    Why is there so much traffic today?
    today why so-much traffic-jam
  3. 我们早点出发，免得堵车。
    Wǒmen zǎodiǎn chūfā, miǎnde dǔchē.
    Let's set off earlier so we avoid the traffic jam.
    we earlier set-off, so-as-not-to traffic-jam
  4. 今天路上不堵车。
    Jīntiān lùshang bù dǔchē.
    There's no traffic jam on the road today.
    today road-on not traffic-jam
  5. 下班的时候，这条路总是堵车。
    Xiàbān de shíhou, zhè tiáo lù zǒngshì dǔchē.
    When people get off work, this road always has traffic jams.
    get-off-work (particle) time, this (measure) road always traffic-jam

Words with 堵 (2)