Meaning of 堵
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- 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)
How to use 堵
堵 is most common in everyday talk about traffic and blocked pipes, as in 堵车 (dǔchē) and 堵住 (dǔzhù). It can also describe feeling choked up inside. Example: 路上很堵。(Lù shang hěn dǔ.) The road is really congested.
堵 has 土 (earth) on the left and 者 on the right. Picture someone piling earth to block a road or stop up a hole.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 堵 (dǔ) with 赌 (dǔ, to gamble), which has the same sound and right side but uses 贝 instead of 土. Remember that blocking uses earth, while gambling uses money (贝).
堵 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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堵 dǔ · to block up · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 堵.
Questions about 堵
What does 堵 mean?
堵 (dǔ) means "to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 堵?
堵 is made of 1 character: 堵 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 堵 an HSK word?
Yes. 堵 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do I say I feel stressed or upset using 堵?
You can say 心里很堵 (xīnli hěn dǔ), meaning you feel choked up or weighed down inside. It describes a heavy, frustrated feeling that you cannot let out.
Can 堵 be used to count walls?
Yes. 堵 works as a classifier for walls, as in 一堵墙 (yì dǔ qiáng), one wall. This use is common in writing and descriptions.