堵车

堵車

dǔchē

verb HSK 4 #10,126

Meanings

1 traffic jam; to be stuck in traffic
2 traffic congestion

Characters

to block; to jam

Blocked vehicles — a traffic jam.

Examples

早上堵车堵了一个小时。

Zǎoshang dǔchē dǔ le yī gè xiǎoshí.

I was stuck in traffic for an hour this morning.

北京经常堵车。

Běijīng jīngcháng dǔchē.

Beijing often has traffic jams.

为了避免堵车，我早点出发。

Wèile bìmiǎn dǔchē, wǒ zǎodiǎn chūfā.

To avoid traffic, I leave early.

Tips

culture

Traffic jams in Chinese megacities are legendary. Beijing once had a 100-kilometer, 12-day traffic jam in 2010. 堵车 is one of the most common complaints in daily life.

Stroke Order

堵 dǔ

车 chē