Chinese word dictionary

遮挡

zhēdǎng · to shelter; to shelter from

Practice word

Word information

Simplified遮挡

Traditional遮擋

Pinyinzhēdǎng

Part of speech动、名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

遮zhē

to cover, to protect, to shield

挡dǎng

to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard

How to learn 遮挡

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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挡dǎng

to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission); variant of 擋|挡[dang3]

阻挡zǔdǎng

to stop; to resist; to obstruct

抵挡dǐdǎng

to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand

遮zhē

to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal

遮盖zhēgài

to hide; to cover (one's tracks)