堵
车

Traffic jam in Chinese: 堵车 (dǔ chē)

dǔ chē

traffic jam

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 堵車2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1traffic jam
  2. 2(of traffic) to get congested

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堵
车

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ㄉㄨˇ

dǔ

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄔㄜ

chē

ㄔ/ chㄜ/ e—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

堵车

Simplified

堵車

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 因为堵车， 我开会迟到了。

    yīn wèi dǔ chē， wǒ kāi huì chí dào le。

    Because there was traffic, I was late to the meeting.

  • 现在才6点半，怎么会堵车呢？

    xiàn zài cái 6 diǎn bàn， zěn me huì dǔ chē ne？

    How can there be a traffic jam now, as late as 6 o'clock?

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Related words

车

chē

car

堵

dǔ

to block up (a road, pipe etc)

车库

chē kù

garage

车厢

chē xiāng

carriage

卡车

kǎ chē

truck

车票

chē piào

ticket (for a bus or train)

车上

chē shàng

Car

车站

chē zhàn

rail station

打车

dǎ chē

to take a taxi (in town)

火车

huǒ chē

train

开车

kāi chē

to drive a car

汽车

qì chē

car

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