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Meaning of 堵

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Pinyin:
English Definition: to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
Chinese Definition:
①阻塞,挡:堵塞。堵挡。堵截。堵击。堵嘴。
②心中不畅快:堵心。
③墙:围者如堵。
④量词,用于墙。
⑤古代钟或磐十六枚编成一组,挂在一个架子上称“一堵”。
⑥姓氏。
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Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • [ zhě ] that which; they who; those who
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Example Words
堵塞 to clog up; blockage
堵车 chē traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested
围堵 wéi to blockade; to surround; to hem in
围追堵截 wéi zhuī jié encirclement, pursuit, obstruction, and interception (idiom)
观者如堵 guān zhě The spectators formed a solid wall of humanity. (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
The traffic in the city center is heavily congested.
2
The city is becoming more and more congested.
3
The traffic in the city is very congested.
4
Traffic jams are commonplace on my commute to work.
5
The traffic in this city is very congested.