Writing
堵车 (dǔ chē) — how to say "traffic jam" in Chinese
堵车
Traffic jam
verb
Character composition
堵
to block
车
car
Radicals / Keys
土
Earth
#32 · tǔ · 3 strokes
車
Cart
#159 · chē · 7 strokes
Collocations
解决堵车问题
jiě jué dǔ chē wèn tí
solve the problem of traffic jams
经常堵车
jīng cháng dǔ chē
traffic jams occur often
Examples
因为早高峰堵车，他今天上班迟到了二十分钟。
Because of the morning rush hour traffic jam, he was twenty minutes late for work today.
路上堵车。
Traffic jam on the road.
Frequently asked questions
Traffic jam in Chinese language
"traffic jam" in Chinese is 堵车 (dǔ chē).
堵车 meaning in English
堵车 (dǔ chē) means "Traffic jam".
How is 堵车 pronounced?
It is pronounced dǔ chē (written as du che, duche). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "traffic jam" in Chinese characters?
It is written 堵车: 堵 has 11 strokes, 车 has 4 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 堵车?
堵车 belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary list.
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