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堵

dǔ · du

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to block up (a road, pipe etc)
  2. to stop up (a hole)
  3. (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
  4. wall (literary)
  5. (classifier for walls)
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Faster on foot

  1. Liangliang

    路上(lùshang)又(yòu)堵车(dǔchē)了(le)。

    The road is jammed again.

  2. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)下车(xiàchē)走路(zǒulù)吧(ba)。

    Let's get out and walk.

  3. Liangliang

    走路(zǒulù)？还有(háiyǒu)三公里(sāngōnglǐ)呢(ne)！

    Walk? It's still three kilometres!

  4. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)，连(lián)自行车(zìxíngchē)都(dōu)比(bǐ)汽车(qìchē)快(kuài)。

    Look, even bikes are faster than cars.

  5. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，堵车(dǔchē)真(zhēn)烦人(fánrén)。

    Okay. Traffic jams are really annoying.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

尽(jǐn)管(guǎn)交(jiāo)通(tōng)很(hěn)堵(dǔ)，我(wǒ)们(men)还(hái)是(shì)设(shè)法(fǎ)及(jí)时(shí)赶(gǎn)到(dào)了(le)。

Despite all of the traffic we managed to make it in time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by moxy · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

下(xià)水(shuǐ)道(dào)堵(dǔ)了(le)，厨(chú)房(fáng)的(de)水(shuǐ)都(dōu)排(pái)不(bu)出(chū)去(qù)。

The drain is blocked, so the water in the kitchen can't drain away.

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