HSK 6 · Verbs

阻挠 zǔnáo “to obstruct” in Chinese

Traditional 阻撓

What 阻挠 means

  1. to obstruct
  2. to thwart
  3. to obstruct (sth)

How to say 阻挠

  • 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挠náo2nd tone, rising

阻挠 in a sentence

  1. 有人想阻挠这个计划。

    Yǒurén xiǎng zǔnáo zhè ge jìhuà.

    Someone is trying to block this plan.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 父母没有阻挠她选择自己喜欢的专业。

    Fùmǔ méiyǒu zǔnáo tā xuǎnzé zìjǐ xǐhuan de zhuānyè.

    Her parents didn’t stand in the way of her choosing the subject she liked.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 阻挠 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 挠 (náo) with each of its parts in a different colour
挠náoto scratch
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 尧a legendary ancient emperor-sage · YáoSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 尧 (Yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with náo.

How to write 阻挠

阻 7 strokes · 挠 9 strokes

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

Words related to 阻挠

Words with 阻

阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻拦zǔlán · to stop

More words: Common Verbs

叫jiào · to be called看见kànjiàn · to see铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)揍zòu · to beat up阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻拦zǔlán · to stop遵循zūnxún · to follow作废zuòfèi · to become invalid

FAQs

阻挠 (zǔnáo) means “to obstruct” or “to thwart”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zǔnáo: zǔ with a 3rd tone, then náo 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, 阻挠 is written 阻撓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zunao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 阻挠 from the suggestions. Typing zunao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
阻挠 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.