挡 (dǎng) means Keep off (hinder). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
她用手 挡 住了太阳。
Tā yòng shǒu dǎng zhù le tàiyáng.
She shaded her eyes from the sun with her hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挡
前面有辆车 挡 住了路。
Qiánmiàn yǒu liàng chē dǎng zhù le lù.
There is a car blocking the road ahead.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挡
他用手遮 挡 着风。
Tā yòng shǒu zhēdǎngzhe fēng.
He shielded himself from the wind with his hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遮挡
这棵树遮 挡 了阳光。
Zhè kē shù zhēdǎng le yángguāng.
This tree blocks the sunlight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遮挡
大树 挡 住了我的视线。
Dà shù dǎngzhù le wǒ de shìxiàn.
The big tree blocked my line of sight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 视线
他抵 挡 住了金钱的诱惑。
Tā dǐdǎng zhù le jīnqián de yòuhuò.
He resisted the temptation of money.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诱惑
山脉 挡 住了北方的冷空气。
Shānmài dǎngzhù le běifāng de lěng kōngqì.
The mountain range blocks the cold air from the north.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 山脉
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Words that contain 挡
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Questions about 挡
How is 挡 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 挡 (dǎng, "Keep off (hinder)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 挡 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 挡 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 挡 an HSK word?
Yes — 挡 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 挡?
The dictionary page for 挡 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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