堵

Meaning(verb, measure word)

to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)

堵车 = traffic jam; 心里堵得慌 = feel choked up.

Examples

• 下班时间路上很堵。

  xià bān shí jiān lù shang hěn dǔ.

  The roads are jammed at rush hour.

• 水管堵了，要找人来修。

  shuǐ guǎn dǔ le, yào zhǎo rén lái xiū.

  The pipe is blocked; we need someone to fix it.

• 院子里有一堵旧墙。

  yuàn zi lǐ yǒu yì dǔ jiù qiáng.

  There's an old wall in the yard.

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