挡 (dǎng): to resist, to obstruct, to hinder
挡 (dǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to resist.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (structural) and 当 (structural). It ranks #1909 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 挡 a hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to resist
- to obstruct
- to hinder
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰扌当 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 挡
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挡住verb | dǎng zhù | to obstruct |
| 抵挡verb | dǐ dǎng | to resist |
| 挡路verb | dǎng lù | to be in the way |
| 挡箭牌noun | dǎng jiàn pái | arrow-blocking shield |
| 势不可挡phrase | shì bù kě dǎng | see 勢不可當|势不可当 |
| 挡泥板 | dǎng ní bǎn | (car, bicycle etc) fender |
| 遮挡verb | zhē dǎng | to shelter |
| 空挡noun | kōng dǎng | neutral gear |
| 排挡noun | pái dǎng | gear (of car etc) |
| 换挡verb | huàn dǎng | to change gear |
| 风挡noun | fēng dǎng | windshield |
| 挡驾verb | dǎng jià | to decline to receive a visitor |
| 自动挡noun | zì dòng dǎng | automatic transmission |
| 行进挡 | xíng jìn dǎng | forward gear |
| 手动挡noun | shǒu dòng dǎng | manual gear change |
挡 appears in 47 compound words: 28 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 挡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
妈妈挡着孩子的手，慢慢地过马路。
mā mā dǎng zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
The mother shielded her child's hand as they slowly crossed the street.
...典赛当心!麻疹疫情创7年新高 医曝:口罩挡不住
. . . diǎn sài dāng xīn ! má 疹 yì qíng chuàng 7 nián xīn gāo yī pù : kǒu zhào dǎng bù zhù
... Beware! Measles epidemic hit a 7-year high, medical exposure: masks can't stop it
肉身挡警车出勤!莽男呛“希望罚更多” 法官如愿...
ròu shēn dǎng jǐng chē chū qín ! mǎng nán qiàng xī wàng fá gēng duō fǎ guān rú yuàn . . .
The body blocks the police car from attendance! The reckless man choked "hoping to punish more" The judge got his wish...
吓死了!新西兰航空客机在飞行途中发现,挡风玻璃突然开裂!
hè sǐ le ! xīn xī lán háng kōng kè jī zài fēi háng tú zhōng fā xiàn , dǎng fēng bō lí tū rán kāi liè !
I'm scared to death! The Air New Zealand passenger plane discovered during the flight that the windshield suddenly cracked!
民主党有能力挡下 新关税到期 恐无力延长
mín zhǔ dǎng yǒu néng lì dǎng xià xīn guān shuì dào qī kǒng wú lì yán cháng
Democrats have the ability to block the expiration of new tariffs and may not be able to extend them
约1.5万人参加:恶劣天气难挡布拉戈维申斯克谢肉节庆典
yuē 1 . 5 wàn rén cān jiā : è liè tiān qì nán dǎng bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè xiè ròu jié qìng diǎn
About 15,000 people participated: bad weather could not stop the Blagoveshchensk Thanksgiving Meat Day celebration
车头的挡风玻璃被砸至粉碎。
Chē tóu de dǎngfēngbōli bèi zá zhì fěnsuì.
The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.
雅尼的挡风玻璃上有一块石头碎片。
Yǎ ní de dǎngfēngbōli shàng yǒu yīkuài shítou suìpiàn.
Yanni has a rock chip on his windshield.
士兵们挡住了去城市的路。
Shìbīng men dǎngzhù le qù chéngshì de lù.
Soldiers barred the way to the city.
这个老人挡了她的路。
Zhège lǎorén dǎng le tā de lù.
The old man got in her way.
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