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Hanzi

堵

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)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 4

Pinyin

dǔ, zhě, dū

Bopomofo

ㄉㄨˇ, ㄓㄜˇ, ㄉㄨ

Jyutping

dou2

Example sentences

堵 dǔ
路上堵車堵得很厲害。
路上堵车堵得很厉害。

The traffic on the road is very heavy.

砌 qì
工人們正在忙著砌一堵紅磚牆。
工人们正在忙著砌一堵红砖墙。

The workers are busy building a red brick wall.

堵塞 dǔsè
這條路因為交通事故而嚴重堵塞。
这条路因为交通事故而严重堵塞。

This road is seriously blocked because of a traffic accident.

導致 / 导致 dǎozhì
嚴重的交通堵塞導致他上班遲到。
严重的交通堵塞导致他上班迟到。

Serious traffic congestion caused him to be late for work.

堵車 / 堵车 dǔchē
因為路上發生了事故，所以現在嚴重堵車。
因为路上发生了事故，所以现在严重堵车。

Traffic is heavily congested now because an accident occurred on the road.

Example Vocabulary

堵

du3

to block; to stop up; (traffic) jam

堵塞

du3'se4

to block; to clog; to stop up

堵死

堵車

du3'che1

traffic jam; to have a traffic jam

圍堵

wei2'du3

堵住

填堵

阿堵物

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