挡
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This word has multiple dictionary entries. Choose the reading or usage you want to review.
Definitions
- 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)
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Collocations
挡 is commonly used in 挡路 (block the way) or 挡住 (block, obstruct); not typically used with abstract nouns like 'progress' unless figurative.
Common mistakes
Students often misuse 挡 to mean 'cover' in the sense of covering something with a cloth; use 盖 (gài) for covering with a lid or cloth, while 挡 is for blocking, shielding, or obstructing.
Example Sentences
3 shown请你别 挡 路。
这座坝很高， 挡 住了河水。
你 挡 我路?
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.
Words Containing 挡
to resist
to shelter
to stop
neutral (gear)
park (gear)
low gear
reverse gear
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
see 勢不可當|势不可当[shì bù kě dāng]
backboard
manual gear change
gear (of car etc)
gear
to put into gear
see 放空擋|放空挡[fàng kōng dǎng]
to change gear
gear lever
to put in order
(in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc)
to obstruct
pick and roll (basketball)
mudguard
(slang) to ask for money
shield
to be in the way; to block the path
(slang) to ask for money
(slang) to ask for money
to protect from the rain
lit. windbreak
windshield
to decline to receive a visitor
see 攤檔|摊档[tān dàng]
to coast along in neutral gear (in a car)
to parry
neutral gear
automatic gear change
automatic transmission
forward gear
gear shift
(of a car) to slip out of gear
doorstop
to resist
first gear
windshield
top gear