Keyword
to block
- wall
- to stop
- to prevent
- Frequency
- #2187
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
dǔ
Mnemonic
土 (earth) gives the meaning and 者 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
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)
堵塞
to clog up; blockage
堵住
to block up
围堵
to blockade; to surround; to hem in
拥堵
(of traffic) to become congested; congestion
堵车
traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested
堵截
to intercept; to block the passage of; to interdict
交通堵塞
road congestion; traffic jam
堵死
to block (a road); to plug (a hole); to stop up
防堵
to prevent; to combat; to counter
添堵
to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.); to make traffic congestion even worse
堵击
to intercept and attack (military)
填堵
to stuff; to cram into
阿堵物
(literary) (euphemism) money (literally, "this thing")