挡 dǎng▶ บล็อก, ก้อน

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ห้ามเข้า

挡 is pronounced dǎng and means “บล็อก, ก้อน”. 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.