HSK 6 · Ideas

障碍 zhàng'ài “obstacle” in Chinese

Traditional 障礙

What 障碍 means

  1. obstacle
  2. barrier
  3. obstruction
  4. hindrance
  5. impediment

How to say 障碍

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale障zhàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale碍ài4th tone, falling

障碍 in a sentence

  1. 没有愿望是最大的障碍。

    Méiyǒu yuànwàng shì zuì dà de zhàng'ài.

    Having no desire is the biggest obstacle.

    Sentence #1394908 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆是他们最大的障碍。

    Tāngmǔ shì tāmen zuì dà de zhàng'ài.

    Tom was their biggest obstacle.

    Sentence #13958067 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 障碍 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 障 (zhàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
障zhàngto block
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 章chapter · zhāngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 章 (zhāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhàng.

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 障碍

障 13 strokes · 碍 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 障碍

Words with 障

保障bǎozhàng · to ensure故障gùzhàng · fault屏障píngzhàng · barrier

Words with 碍

妨碍fáng'ài · to hinder阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder

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源泉yuánquán · source与日俱增yǔrìjùzēng · to grow day by day预兆yùzhào · omen再接再厉zàijiēzàilì · to keep up the good work沾光zhānguāng · to benefit from association with others战略zhànlüè · strategy战术zhànshù · tactics展望zhǎnwàng · outlook

FAQs

障碍 (zhàng’ài) means “obstacle” or “barrier”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhàng’ài: zhàng with a 4th 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, 障碍 is written 障礙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhangai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 障碍 from the suggestions. Typing zhangai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
障碍 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.