堵车 dǔchē▶ Kemacetan lalu lintas

Stroke order

堵车 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 堵 — 11 strokes
• 车 — 4 strokes

Senses

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

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

• 列车kereta api
• 卡车Truk
• 车厢kereta
• 车库Garasi
• 摩托车Sepeda motor
• 救护车Ambulans

堵车 is pronounced dǔchē and means “Kemacetan lalu lintas”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 堵车 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.