堵塞

dǔsè

verb HSK 7 #10,084

Meanings

1 to block
2 to clog
3 to jam (traffic)
4 congestion

Characters

to block; to stop up

to stuff; to block

Examples

下水道被垃圾堵塞了。

Xiàshuǐdào bèi lājī dǔsè le.

The drain was clogged by garbage.

交通堵塞让他迟到了。

Jiāotōng dǔsè ràng tā chídào le.

The traffic jam made him late.

Tips

usage

堵塞 can be used for physical blockages (pipes, roads) and figurative ones (information channels). For traffic specifically, 堵车 (dǔchē) is more colloquial.

Stroke Order

堵 dǔ

塞 sāi