to block, obstruct, or stop up

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
jiāo
tōng
shì
chéng
shì
zhǎn
de
zhì
ài

Traffic jams are an obstruction to urban development.

2
fáng
jiān
kōng
zhì
mēn
yào
kāi
chuāng

The air in the room is stuffy and needs ventilation.

3
nóng
yān
dǎo
zhì
zhì

Thick smoke caused him to almost suffocate.

4
fáng
jiān
tài
mèn
le
kuài
zhì
le

The room is too stuffy, I'm almost suffocating.

5
tīng
dào
zhè
ge
huài
xiāo
gǎn
dào
zhèn
zhì

Hearing this bad news, I felt a sense of suffocation.

6
zài
zhǒng
de
fēn
wéi
zhōng
gōng
zuò
jiǎn
zhí
ràng
rén
zhì

Working in that oppressive atmosphere is simply suffocating.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes11
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2669
Zhuyinㄓˋ
Components
UnicodeU+7A92
CangjieJCMIG
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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