堵车 dǔchē in a sentence
Traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested†
堵车 (dǔchē) means Traffic jam, (of traffic) to get congested †. 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
早上这条路常常 堵车 。
Zǎoshang zhè tiáo lù chángcháng dǔchē.
This road often has traffic jams in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 堵车
因为 堵车 ，我迟到了。
Yīnwèi dǔchē, wǒ chídào le.
I was late because of a traffic jam.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 堵车
大雨造成了 堵车 。
Dà yǔ zàochéng le dǔchē.
The heavy rain caused traffic jams.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 造成
早点出发可以避免 堵车 。
Zǎodiǎn chūfā kěyǐ bìmiǎn dǔchē.
Setting out early can avoid the traffic jams.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 避免
堵车 耽误了我们的行程。
Dǔchē dānwu le wǒmen de xíngchéng.
The traffic jam delayed our trip.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 耽误
早点出发，免得路上 堵车 。
Zǎodiǎn chūfā, miǎnde lù shang dǔchē.
Set off early so as to avoid traffic on the way.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 免得
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Questions about 堵车
How is 堵车 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 堵车 (dǔchē, "Traffic jam, (of traffic) to get congested †"), 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.
Is 堵车 an HSK word?
Yes — 堵车 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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