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dǎng

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dǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǎng | dang3
English translation
to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard

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About dǎng

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

dǎng

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A hand  shǒu raised at the right time  dāng dāng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of dǎng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

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Words with dǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dǎng to resist dǎng
挡住 dǎng zhù to obstruct擋住
阻挡 zǔ dǎng to stop阻擋
抵挡 dǐ dǎng to resist抵擋
遮挡 zhēdǎng to shelter遮擋
挡路 dǎng lù blocking the way擋路
势不可挡 shì bù kě dǎng impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force勢不可擋
挡箭牌 dǎng jiàn pái shield擋箭牌
挡风玻璃 dǎng fēng bō li windshield擋風玻璃
空挡 kōng dǎng neutral gear空擋
排挡 pái dǎng gear (of car etc)排擋
挡泥板 dǎng ní bǎn mudguard擋泥板
换挡 huàn dǎng to change gear換擋
风挡 fēng dǎng windshield風擋
摒挡 bìng dàng to put in order摒擋
顶挡 dǐng dǎng to resist頂擋

dǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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