挡 dǎng▶ blok

Stroke order

挡 is written in 9 strokes.

• 挡

Senses

1. to resist
2. to obstruct
3. to hinder
4. to keep off
5. to block (a blow)
6. to get in the way of
7. cover
8. gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

Related words

• 遮挡menjauhkan

挡 is pronounced dǎng and means “blok”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 挡 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.