Meaning
hinder; resist; obstruct; hinder; cover; keep off
Chinese: 阻挡，也指挡板。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “dang” becomes a different word in each tone. 挡 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 阻挡zǔ dǎngto stop; to resist; to obstruct
- 遮挡zhē dǎngto shelter; to shelter from
- 抵挡dǐ dǎngto resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off
- 头挡tóu dǎngfirst gear
- 挡位dǎng wèi(in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc); (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc); (electric fan, cooker etc) setting; mode
Example Sentence
他用伞挡住了风雨。Tā yòng sǎn dǎng zhù le fēng yǔ.He used an umbrella to shield against the wind and rain.
他用Tā yòngother use伞sǎnumbrella挡住dǎng zhùto obstruct了le(completed action)风雨fēng yǔwind and rain。