堵车 dǔchē Traffic jam

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Traditional: 堵車

Stroke order

堵车 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

堵车 — the Chinese character for Traffic jam (dǔchē), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 堵车 — Traffic jam

堵 — 11 strokes
车 — 4 strokes

Senses

traffic jam
(of traffic) to get congested

Characters in 堵车

堵 dǔ — to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
车 chē — car; vehicle; machine

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

今天早上堵车了。Jīntiān zǎoshang dǔchē le.There was a traffic jam this morning.
堵车让我迟到了。Dǔchē ràng wǒ chídào le.The traffic jam made me late.

Related words

堵车 is pronounced dǔchē and means “Traffic jam”.

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