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卡住

kǎ zhù

2-character word

What 卡住 means

1. to jam
2. to choke
3. to clutch
4. also pr. qiǎ zhù

The characters in 卡住

• 卡kǎto stop; to block; (computing; colloquial) slow
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…

Example sentences

• 我的拉链卡住了。
  Wǒ de lāliàn kǎzhù le.
  My zipper got stuck.
• 齿轮里的灰尘把机器卡住了。
  Dust in the gears gummed up the machine.
• 这个果酱瓶的盖子卡住了，打不开。
  Zhège guǒjiàngpíng de gàizi kǎzhù le, dǎbukāi.
  This jam jar's lid is stuck and won't open.