HSK 5 · Verbs

挡 dǎng “to block” in Chinese

Traditional 擋

What 挡 means

  1. to block
  2. to get in the way of
  3. to keep off
  4. to resist
  5. to obstruct
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to hinder
  • to block (a blow)

How to say 挡

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale挡dǎng3rd tone, dipping

挡 in a sentence

  1. 这个老人挡了她的路。

    Zhè ge lǎorén dǎng le tā de lù.

    The old man was in her way.

    Sentence #802544 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 你挡住我的光了。

    Nǐ dǎngzhù wǒ de guāng le.

    You’re blocking my light.

    Sentence #884670 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 一棵倒下的树挡住了路。

    Yì kē dǎoxià de shù dǎngzhù le lù.

    A fallen tree blocked the road.

    Sentence #829704 from Tatoeba

How 挡 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 挡 (dǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
挡dǎngto resist
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 当appropriate · dāng

How to write 挡

挡 9 strokes

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

挡 (dǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 挡 (dǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 挡

Words with 挡

遮挡zhēdǎng · to block

More words: Common Verbs

代表dàibiǎo · representative代替dàitì · to replace打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with耽误dānwu · to delay导致dǎozhì · to lead to到达dàodá · to reach登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)等待děngdài · to wait

FAQs

挡 (dǎng) means “to block” or “to get in the way of”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dǎng: dǎng with a 3rd 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, 挡 is written 擋. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 挡 from the suggestions. Typing dang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
挡 is an HSK 5 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.