HSK 6 · Verbs

阻碍 zǔ'ài “to hinder” in Chinese

Traditional 阻礙

What 阻碍 means

  1. to hinder
  2. to obstruct
  3. obstacle
  4. to block
  5. obstruction
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • hindrance

How to say 阻碍

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale阻zǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale碍ài4th tone, falling

阻碍 in a sentence

  1. 火山灰阻碍航运。

    Huǒshānhuī zǔ'ài hángyùn.

    Volcanic ash disrupted air travel.

    Sentence #1250637 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 没有什么能阻碍我邪恶的计划。

    Méiyǒu shénme néng zǔ'ài wǒ xié'è de jìhuà.

    Nothing can get in the way of my evil plan.

    Sentence #4436124 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 阻碍 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 阻 (zǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
阻zǔto hinder
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zǔ.

The character 碍 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
碍àito hinder
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 㝵part of the characterSound part

How to write 阻碍

阻 7 strokes · 碍 13 strokes

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阻碍 (zǔ'ài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 阻碍 (zǔ'ài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 阻碍

Words with 阻

阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent阻拦zǔlán · to stop阻挠zǔnáo · to obstruct

Words with 碍

妨碍fáng'ài · to hinder障碍zhàng'ài · obstacle

More words: Common Verbs

着手zhuóshǒu · to set about注视zhùshì · to gaze at铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)揍zòu · to beat up阻拦zǔlán · to stop阻挠zǔnáo · to obstruct遵循zūnxún · to follow作废zuòfèi · to become invalid

FAQs

阻碍 (zǔ’ài) means “to hinder” or “to obstruct”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zǔ’ài: zǔ with a 3rd tone, then ài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 阻碍 is written 阻礙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 阻碍 from the suggestions. Typing zuai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
阻碍 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.