阻塞

Chinese

		to hinder; to block; to obstruct	to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian
simp. and trad. (阻塞)		阻	塞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔsè, zǔsāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ, ㄗㄨˇ ㄙㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² sak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-sak / chó͘-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary, standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔsè
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-sê⁴
    • Yale: dzǔ-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuuseh
    • Palladius: цзусэ (czusɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔsāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄙㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔsai
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-sai¹
    • Yale: dzǔ-sāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuusai
    • Palladius: цзусай (czusaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² sak¹
    • Yale: jó sāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² sak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² seg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ sɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sak
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-sak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofsag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Verb

阻塞

1. (transitive) to obstruct; to block up; to clog; to jam
2. (intransitive) to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be clogged; to be jammed

Synonyms

• (to obstruct):

• 不通 (bùtōng)
• 堵塞
• 堵截 (dǔjié)
• 堵窒 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 妨礙／妨碍 (fáng'ài)
• 徑杈／径杈 (Hakka)
• 截 (jié)
• 掛礙／挂碍 (guà'ài)
• 擋／挡
• 擋住／挡住 (dǎngzhù)
• 攔／拦 (lán)
• 攔住／拦住 (lánzhù)
• 攔截／拦截 (lánjié)
• 攔擋／拦挡 (lándǎng)
• 攔閘／拦闸 (Hokkien)
• 攔阻／拦阻 (lánzǔ)
• 有礙／有碍 (yǒu'ài)
• 梗塞
• 滯滯／滞滞 (Hokkien)
• 滯礙／滞碍 (zhì'ài)
• 礙噠／碍哒 (ngai⁵ da) (Xiang)
• 窒礙／窒碍 (zhì'ài) (literary)
• 蔽塞 (bìsè) (literary)
• 蔽障 (bìzhàng)
• 遮 (literary, or in compounds)
• 邀 (yāo)
• 閉塞／闭塞 (bìsè)
• 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶) (Cantonese)
• 阻撓／阻挠 (zǔnáo)
• 阻擋／阻挡 (zǔdǎng)
• 阻攔／阻拦 (zǔlán)
• 阻滯／阻滞 (zǔzhì)
• 阻礙／阻碍 (zǔ'ài)
• 阻窒 (Hokkien)
• 障礙／障碍 (zhàng'ài)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to obstruct"):

• 放行 (fàngxíng)
• 暢通／畅通 (chàngtōng)
• 通行 (tōngxíng)

 

Noun

阻塞

1. obstruction; block up; clog; jam

Derived terms

• 交通阻塞 (jiāotōng zǔsè)
• 腸阻塞／肠阻塞 (chángzǔsè)