堵车

堵车 dǔchē

Traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested^†

堵车 in a sentence HSK 4 繁體堵車 duche

What 堵车 means

Traffic jam^†
(of traffic) to get congested^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 堵车, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

堵车 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

堵

dǔ

Blocked

车

chē

Car (bus - vehicle - wheel - machine)

Words that share a character with 堵车

How to write 堵车

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堵车 in a sentence

早上这条路常常堵车。

Zǎoshang zhè tiáo lù chángcháng dǔchē.

This road often has traffic jams in the morning.

因为堵车，我迟到了。

Yīnwèi dǔchē, wǒ chídào le.

I was late because of a traffic jam.

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Questions about 堵车

What does 堵车 mean in English?

堵车 is pronounced dǔchē and means Traffic jam, (of traffic) to get congested †.

How do you pronounce 堵车?

堵车 is dǔchē in pinyin — written duche without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 堵车?

堵车 is written with 2 characters: 堵 (dǔ) Blocked, 车 (chē) Car (bus - vehicle - wheel - machine). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 堵车 written in traditional Chinese?

堵車. The simplified form 堵车 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 堵車 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced dǔchē.

Is 堵车 an HSK word?

Yes — 堵车 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

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