阻 zǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
阻碍
zǔ'ài
to block; to hinder
Characters in this word
碍 ài
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- Made of
- 石 stone, rock, mineral 㝵 to obtain, to get, to acquire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 别阻碍我。 Bié zǔài wǒ. Do not get in my way.
- 雨阻碍出行。 Yǔ zǔài chūxíng. The rain makes travel difficult.
- 这会阻碍他。 Zhè huì zǔài tā. This will hold him back.
Related words
- 阻止 zǔzhǐ to stop; to prevent
- 干扰 gānrǎo to disturb; to interfere with
- 挡 dǎng to block
- 排除 páichú to rule out; to remove
- 损害 sǔnhài to harm; to damage
- 消除 xiāochú to remove; to get rid of
- 害 hài to harm
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 困扰 kùnrǎo to trouble; to bother
- 控制 kòngzhì to control
- 为难 wéinán to put in a difficult position
- 约束 yuēshù to restrict