HSK 6 · Verbs

阻拦 zǔlán “to stop” in Chinese

Traditional 阻攔

What 阻拦 means

  1. to stop
  2. to block
  3. to obstruct

How to say 阻拦

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale拦lán2nd tone, rising

阻拦 in a sentence

  1. 他决定出国留学，谁也阻拦不了。

    Tā juédìng chūguó liúxué, shéi yě zǔlán bu liǎo.

    He’s decided to study abroad, and no one can stop him.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 保安阻拦了没有票的人。

    Bǎo'ān zǔlán le méiyǒu piào de rén.

    The security guard stopped people without tickets.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 阻拦 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 拦 (lán) with each of its parts in a different colour
拦lánto block sb’s path
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 兰orchid · lánSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 兰 (lán) hints at the sound. Compare it with lán.

How to write 阻拦

阻 7 strokes · 拦 8 strokes

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

Words related to 阻拦

Words with 阻

阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻挠zǔnáo · to obstruct

Words with 拦

拦lán · to block

More words: Common Verbs

叫jiào · to be called注视zhùshì · to gaze at铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)揍zòu · to beat up阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻挠zǔnáo · to obstruct遵循zūnxún · to follow作废zuòfèi · to become invalid

FAQs

阻拦 (zǔlán) means “to stop” or “to block”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zǔlán: zǔ with a 3rd tone, then lán with a 2nd 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, 阻拦 is written 阻攔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zulan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 阻拦 from the suggestions. Typing zulan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
阻拦 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.