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挡住 meaning in English

dǎngzhù

to obstruct; to block

Traditional 擋住16 strokes

Meaning of 挡住

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎngzhù
  1. to obstruct; to block

挡住 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

士shì兵bīng们men挡dǎng住zhù了le去qù城chéng市shì的de路lù。
Soldiers barred the way to the city.
把bǎ它tā挡dǎng住zhù。
Block it!
那nà些xiē椅yǐ子zi挡dǎng住zhù了le去qù路lù。
Those chairs are in the way.
这zhè些xiē树shù挡dǎng住zhù了le风fēng景jǐng。
The trees blocked the scenery.
你nǐ挡dǎng住zhù了le我wǒ的de路lù。
You're in my way.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

挡 dǎng · to resist · 9 strokes

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住 zhù · to live · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 挡住.

记住jìzhùto remember; to bear in mind
站住zhànzhùto come to a stop; to halt; to keep one's footing; to stay upright
住院zhùyuànto stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
住房zhùfánghousing
抓住zhuāzhùto grab hold of; to capture
居住jūzhùto reside; to dwell
忍不住rěn bu zhùcannot help; unable to bear
住宅zhùzháiresidence; dwelling; abode
住处zhùchùresidence; dwelling
阻挡zǔdǎngto stop; to resist
住址zhùzhǐaddress
住宿zhùsùto stay at; lodging

Questions about 挡住

What does 挡住 mean?

挡住 (dǎngzhù) means "to obstruct; to block".

How do you write 挡住?

挡住 is made of 2 characters: 挡 (9 strokes), 住 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 挡住 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 挡住 is written 擋住.