擋 (dǎng)
to block; to hinder; to get in the way of
How 擋 is written
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 擋
- Simplified
- 挡
擋 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- dǎng
- to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off
- dàng
- to arrange; to put in order
Common words using 擋
- 抵擋 dǐdǎng
- to resist; to hold back; to stop
- 擋住 dǎngzhù
- to obstruct
- 遮擋 zhēdǎng
- to shelter; to shelter from
- 阻擋 zǔdǎng
- to stop; to resist; to obstruct
- 手動擋 shǒudòngdǎng
- manual gear-change; shift stick
- 排擋 páidǎng
- gear
- 掛擋 guàdǎng
- to put into gear; to engage the gear; gear-change
- 換擋 huàndǎng
- to change gear
- 擋位 dǎngwèi
- gear level (i.e. first gear, high gear etc)
- 擋拆 dǎngchāi
- pick and roll (basketball); screen and roll
- 擋泥板 dǎngníbǎn
- mudguard
- 擋箭牌 dǎngjiànpái
- shield; (fig.) excuse
擋 in a sentence
請不要擋在門口。
Qǐng búyào dǎng zài ménkǒu.
“Please don't block the doorway.”
How common is 擋?
擋 is the 1,930th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.9% of all running text.
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