堵车
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
堵车 (dǔchē) · traffic jam
堵车 (dǔchē) means “traffic jam; to be stuck in traffic”. It is written with 2 characters: 堵 (to block) + 车 (vehicle). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 堵车 is built
The characters
堵 dǔ · to block
What 堵 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 者zhě — that which
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 耂lǎo — old
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 者 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
车 chē · vehicle
What 车 is made of
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
上班的时候经常堵车。Shàngbān de shíhou jīngcháng dǔchē.There are often traffic jams at rush hour.
今天路上堵车吗？Jīntiān lùshàng dǔchē ma?Is the traffic bad on the roads today?
Questions about 堵车
What does 堵车 mean?
堵车 (dǔchē) means “traffic jam; to be stuck in traffic”.
How do you pronounce 堵车?
堵车 is pronounced dǔchē.
Which HSK level is 堵车?
堵车 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 堵塞dǔsèto block
- 堵dǔto block
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 车上chēshàngon the bus
- 车站chēzhànstation
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 火车huǒchētrain
- 开车kāichēto drive
- 汽车qìchēcar
- 上车shàngchēto get on a vehicle
Learn 堵车 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 2: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.