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阻

zǔ

HSK 5 Character

What 阻 means

1. to hinder
2. to block
3. to obstruct

Example sentences

• 别想阻止我。
  Don't try to stop me.
• 我得阻止她。
  I've got to stop her.
• 没人能阻止我！
  Nobody can stop me!
• 我无法阻止它。
  I cannot stop it.
• 我想阻止汤姆。
  I wanted to stop Tom.
• 火山灰阻碍航运。
  Huǒshānhuī zǔ'ài hángyùn.
  Volcanic ash disrupted air travel.

Words starting with 阻

• 阻止zǔ zhǐto prevent; to block
• 阻碍zǔ àito obstruct; to hinder; to block
• 阻拦zǔ lánto stop; to obstruct
• 阻挠zǔ náoto thwart; to obstruct (sth)
• 阻挡zǔ dǎngto stop; to resist; to obstruct
• 阻力zǔ lìresistance; drag
• 阻塞zǔ sèto block; to clog
• 阻隔zǔ géto separate; to cut off
• 阻断zǔ duànto block; to obstruct; to intercept
• 阻击zǔ jīto check; to stop
• 阻截zǔ jiéto stop; to obstruct; to bar the way
• 阻值zǔ zhínumerical value of electrical impedance
• 阻尼zǔ nídamping
• 阻援zǔ yuánto block reinforcements
• 阻攻zǔ gōngto block a shot (basketball) (Tw)
• 阻留zǔ liúto intercept; interception
• 阻绝zǔ juéto block; to obstruct; to clog
• 阻难zǔ nànto thwart; to impede
• 阻抗zǔ kàng(electrical) impedance
• 阻差办公zǔ chāi bàn gōng(law) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong)
• 阻抗变换器zǔ kàng biàn huàn qìimpedance converter
• 阻断服务攻击zǔ duàn fú wù gōng jī(Taiwan; computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
• 阻燃zǔ ránfire resistant
• 阻扰zǔ rǎoto obstruct; to impede

Words containing 阻

• 劝阻quàn zǔto advise against; to dissuade
• 受阻shòu zǔto be obstructed; to be hindered
• 风雨无阻fēng yǔ wú zǔregardless of weather conditions; rain, hail or shine
• 拦阻lán zǔto block; to obstruct
• 电阻diàn zǔ(electrical) resistance; resistor
• 修阻xiū zǔ(literary) long and arduous (road)
• 力阻lì zǔto block; to prevent by force
• 险阻xiǎn zǔdangerous and difficult (path)
• 风阻fēng zǔair resistance; aerodynamic drag
• 变阻器biàn zǔ qì(electronics) variable resistor; rheostat
• 电阻器diàn zǔ qìresistor
• 交通阻塞jiāo tōng zǔ sètraffic jam
• 空气阻力kōng qì zǔ lìatmospheric drag
• 通行无阻tōng xíng wú zǔunobstructed passage; to go through unhindered
• 风阻尼器fēng zǔ ní qìwind damper (engineering)
• 偏置电阻piān zhì diàn zǔbias impedance (electronics)
• 磁阻cí zǔmagnetic reluctance
• 艰难险阻jiān nán xiǎn zǔuntold dangers and difficulties (idiom)
• 遏阻è zǔto stop; to contain; to deter
• 梗阻gěng zǔto obstruct; to hamper; (medicine) obstruction
• 推三阻四tuī sān zǔ sìto use all sorts of excuses
• 慢性阻塞性肺病màn xìng zǔ sè xìng fèi bìngchronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Characters built on 且

These share the phonetic component 且 (qiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate

Characters that look like 阻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 阵zhèndisposition of troops; wave; spate
• 肤fūskin
• 汪wāngexpanse of water; ooze; (onomatopoeia) bark
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip

Sounds the same

Read zǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 组to form; to organize; group
• 祖ancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 诅curse; swear (oath)
• 珇carving on jade
• 俎a stand for food at sacrifice