堵截 (dǔ jié) — to block and intercept; to intercept

Definition

verb
to block and interceptto intercept

Examples

  • 堵截。
    Jǐng chá zài lù kǒu shè kǎ dǔ jié kě yí chē liàng.
    The police set up a checkpoint at the intersection to intercept suspicious vehicles.
  • 堵截,。
    Duì fāng qiú yuán shì tú dǔ jié wǒ men de chuán qiú, dàn méi yǒu chéng gōng.
    The opposing player tried to intercept our pass, but didn't succeed.
  • 堵截。
    Hēi kè de gōng jī bèi fáng huǒ qiáng chéng gōng dǔ jié.
    The hacker's attack was successfully intercepted by the firewall.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

堵dǔblock
截jiéintercept

堵 means to stop and 截 means to cut off, so together they mean to block and intercept.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě堵dǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

堵 combines 土, showing earth, with 者, which gives the sound.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Sound part声符shēngfú
雀
雀què截jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

截 combines 戈 and 雀, with 雀 supplying the sound.

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