堵住

dǔzhù

verb #7,495

Meanings

1 to block up
2 to plug
3 to seal off

Characters

to block; to stop up

to live; verb complement indicating firmness

Examples

用布把洞堵住。

Yòngbù bǎ dòng dǔzhù.

Plug the hole with cloth.

下水道被堵住了。

Xiàshuǐdào bèi dǔzhù le.

The drain is blocked.

警察堵住了所有的出口。

Jǐngchá dǔzhù le suǒyǒu de chūkǒu.

The police blocked all the exits.

Tips

grammar

住 (zhù) as a verb complement indicates that an action is held firm or completed successfully: 堵住 (blocked firmly), 抓住 (grabbed hold of), 记住 (remembered firmly).

Stroke Order

堵 dǔ

住 zhù