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
阻挠
zǔnáo
to obstruct; to thwart
Characters in this word
挠 náo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 利益集团不断阻挠监管改革，使原本清晰的政策路径变得异常曲折。 Lìyì jítuán búduàn zǔnáo jiānguǎn gǎigé, shǐ yuánběn qīngxī de zhèngcè lùjìng biànde yìcháng qūzhé. Interest groups kept obstructing regulatory reform, making an originally clear policy path unusually tortuous.
- 有人暗中阻挠这项计划的实施。 Yǒurén ànzhōng zǔnáo zhè xiàng jìhuà de shíshī. Someone is secretly obstructing the implementation of this plan.
- 不管别人怎么阻挠，他坚持把项目做完。 Bùguǎn biérén zěnme zǔnáo, tā jiānchí bǎ xiàngmù zuò wán. No matter how others obstruct him, he insists on finishing the project.
Related words
- 阻止 zǔzhǐ to stop; to prevent
- 阻碍 zǔ'ài to block; to hinder
- 阻挡 zǔdǎng to block, to stop
- 风雨无阻 fēngyǔwúzǔ regardless of wind or rain; come rain or shine
- 劝阻 quànzǔ to dissuade; to advise against
- 阻拦 zǔlán to obstruct; to block; to stop
- 阻力 zǔlì resistance; obstruction
- 挠 náo to scratch; to scrape
- 压制 yāzhì to suppress; to keep under control
- 压迫 yāpò to oppress; to press against
- 遗弃 yíqì to abandon; to desert
- 依附 yīfù to depend on; to attach oneself to