堵

dǔ · du

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to block up (a road, pipe etc)
  2. to stop up (a hole)
  3. (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
  4. wall (literary)
  5. (classifier for walls)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

尽(jǐn)管(guǎn)交(jiāo)通(tōng)很(hěn)堵(dǔ),我(wǒ)们(men)还(hái)是(shì)设(shè)法(fǎ)及(jí)时(shí)赶(gǎn)到(dào)了(le)。

Despite all of the traffic we managed to make it in time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by moxy · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

下(xià)水(shuǐ)道(dào)堵(dǔ)了(le),厨(chú)房(fáng)的(de)水(shuǐ)都(dōu)排(pái)不(bu)出(chū)去(qù)。

The drain is blocked, so the water in the kitchen can't drain away.

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