Dictionary › 障

障

zhàng

HSK 6 Character

What 障 means

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

Example sentences

• 故障！
  Abort!
• 空调故障了。
  The air conditioner doesn't work.
• 我遇到了故障。
  I encountered a problem.
• 汽车发生故障了。
  The car broke down.
• 电梯好像故障了。
  The elevator seems to be out of order.
• 我的车子故障了。
  There is something wrong with my car.

Words starting with 障

• 障碍zhàng àibarrier; obstruction; hindrance
• 障碍物zhàng ài wùobstacle; hindrance
• 障眼zhàng yǎnto hinder the eyesight; (fig.) to trick into not noticing
• 障眼法zhàng yǎn fǎdiversionary tactic; smokescreen
• 障碍性贫血zhàng ài xìng pín xuèaplastic anemia (med.)
• 障碍跑zhàng ài pǎosteeplechase (athletics)
• 障碍滑雪zhàng ài huá xuě(snow skiing) slalom
• 障壁zhàng bìbarrier
• 障蔽zhàng bìto obstruct

Words containing 障

• 保障bǎo zhàngto ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard
• 故障gù zhàngmalfunction; breakdown; defect
• 屏障píng zhàngbarrier
• 路障lù zhàngroadblock; barricade
• 白内障bái nèi zhàngcataract (ophthalmology)
• 业障yè zhàngkarmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment…
• 精障jīng zhàngmental disorder (abbr. for 精神障碍
• 听障tīng zhànghearing impairment
• 视障shì zhàngvisual impairment
• 越障yuè zhàngto surmount obstacles; assault course for training troops
• 保障监督bǎo zhàng jiān dūsafeguards
• 社会保障shè huì bǎo zhàngsocial security
• 质量保障zhì liàng bǎo zhàngquality assurance (QA)
• 智障zhì zhànglearning difficulties (handicap); retarded
• 智障人士zhì zhàng rén shìperson with learning difficulties (handicap); retarded person
• 单点故障dān diǎn gù zhàngsingle point of failure
• 技术故障jì shù gù zhàngtechnical breakdown; malfunction
• 残障cán zhànghandicapped
• 避障bì zhàng(of a robot, autonomous vehicle etc) to avoid obstacles
• 水障碍shuǐ zhàng àiwater hazard (golf)
• 无障碍wú zhàng àibarrier-free; (esp.) accessible (to people with a disability)
• 文化障碍wén huà zhàng àicultural barrier
• 智能障碍zhì néng zhàng àiintellectual disability; cognitive disability; learning disability
• 语言障碍yǔ yán zhàng àilanguage barrier; speech impediment

Characters built on 章

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

• 彰zhāngclear; conspicuous; manifest
• 樟zhāngcamphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 蟑zhāngused in 蟑螂
• 漳ZhāngZhang river in Fujian
• 璋zhāngjade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 瘴zhàngmalaria; miasma
• 嶂zhàngcliff; range of peaks
• 獐zhāngriver deer; roebuck

Characters that look like 障

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

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 缪móuused in 绸缪
• 猾huásly
• 滓zǐ(bound form) dregs; sediment
• 榫sǔn(cabinetmaking) tenon

Sounds the same

Read zhàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丈measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband
• 账account; bill; debt
• 帐(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
• 胀to swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 仗weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield
• 杖a staff; a rod; cane
• 涨to swell; to distend
• 瘴malaria; miasma
• 嶂cliff; range of peaks
• 幛hanging scroll
• 瞕cataract in the eye
• 粀decameter (old)