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妨碍

fáng ài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 妨礙

妨碍 (fáng ài) means "to hinder; to obstruct". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 妨碍 means

1. to hinder
2. to obstruct

The characters in 妨碍

• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 碍àito hinder; to obstruct; to block

Example sentences

• 我妨碍着你吗？
  Wǒ fáng'ài zhe nǐ ma?
  Am I in your way?
• 噪音妨碍了我的学习。
  Zàoyīn fáng'ài le wǒ de xuéxí.
  Noises interfered with my studying.
• 罢工妨碍了国家经济。
  The strike affected the nation's economy.
• 群众妨碍了警员执行任务。
  Qúnzhòng fáng'ài le jǐng yuán zhíxíng rènwu.
  The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.
• 暴风妨碍了我们准时到达。
  Bàofēng fáng'ài le wǒmen zhǔnshí dàodá.
  The storm prevented us from arriving on time.
• 这些指控令人震惊:洗钱、逃税和妨碍司法公正。
  Zhèxiē zhǐkòng lìngrén zhènjīng: xǐqián, táoshuì hé fáng'ài sīfǎ gōngzhèng.
  The accusations are shocking: money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.

Words starting with 妨碍

• 妨碍球fáng ài qiú(golf) stymie

Sounds the same

Read fáng ài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 防艾protecting against AIDS

Where 妨碍 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Necessity, Obligation & Avoidance (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fáng ài correctly.
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