挡住 (dǎng zhù) — to block, to obstruct, to hinder

Definition

verb

to blockto obstructto hinder

挡住。
Nà kē dà shù dǎng zhù le yáng guāng.
That big tree blocks the sunlight.
挡住。
Tā yòng shuāng shǒu dǎng zhù le duì fāng de gōng jī.
He blocked the opponent's attack with both hands.
挡住，。
Qǐng bǎ chuāng hu dǎng zhù, bié ràng fēng chuī jìn lái.
Please block the window so the wind doesn't blow in.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

住zhùstay firm

挡住 pairs 挡 (block) with 住 (stay firm) to mean stop or obstruct.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 擋; 挡 is its simplified writing.

扌當擋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

當

當dāng擋dǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 擋 pairs 扌 (hand) with 當 as the sound part; this note is about 擋, not about the parts of 挡.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻主住

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

Same sound today

住 pairs 亻, the person radical (written fully as 人), with 主, which supplies the sound.

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