HSK 5 · Verbs

妨碍 fáng'ài “to hinder” in Chinese

Traditional 妨礙

What 妨碍 means

  1. to hinder
  2. to obstruct

How to say 妨碍

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale妨fáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale碍ài4th tone, falling

妨碍 in a sentence

  1. 我妨碍着你吗？

    Wǒ fáng'ài zhe nǐ ma?

    Am I in your way?

    Sentence #1516485 from Tatoeba

  2. 暴风妨碍了我们准时到达。

    Bàofēng fáng'ài le wǒmen zhǔnshí dàodá.

    The storm stopped us from arriving on time.

    Sentence #1312402 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 噪音妨碍了我的学习。

    Zàoyīn fáng'ài le wǒ de xuéxí.

    The noise got in the way of my studying.

    Sentence #346207 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 妨碍 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 妨 (fáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
妨fángto hinder
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 方square · fāngSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fáng.

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 妨碍

妨 7 strokes · 碍 13 strokes

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

Words related to 妨碍

Words with 妨

不妨bùfáng · might as well

Words with 碍

阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder障碍zhàng'ài · obstacle

More words: Common Verbs

发挥fāhuī · to bring into play发明fāmíng · to invent翻fān · to turn over反应fǎnyìng · to react分布fēnbù · to be distributed (over an area)分配fēnpèi · to distribute奋斗fèndòu · to strive扶fú · to hold up

FAQs

妨碍 (fáng’ài) means “to hinder” or “to obstruct”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fáng’ài: fáng with a 2nd 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, 妨碍 is written 妨礙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 妨碍 from the suggestions. Typing fangai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
妨碍 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.