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堵车 (dǔ chē): traffic jam

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 4verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning
traffic jam
Characters
2
Part of speech
verb
HSK level
HSK 4

Full definitions

Meanings grouped by pronunciation.

  • traffic jam
  • (of traffic) to get congested

Chinese explanation

  • 路上车辆太多,挤在一起,不能顺利往前走
  • 也说堵车了,意思是遇到了交通堵塞。例如:早上上班的时候经常堵车。

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Character breakdown

HSK 5

to block up (a road

HSK 1

car

Example sentences

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When going to work in the morning, the traffic jam was very serious on the road, and I was late.

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Because of the traffic jam, I missed the train.

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It's easy to get stuck in traffic on rainy days, so we'd better take the subway.

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This city often has traffic jams, especially during rush hour.

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There's a traffic jam ahead; let's take a detour.

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This road is jammed every day during the evening rush hour.

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I was ten minutes late for the meeting because of a traffic jam.

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Traffic jams are very serious during the morning rush hour.

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