堵車 [－车]

Jyutping dou2 ce1
Pinyin dǔ chē

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. traffic jam
  2. (of traffic) to get congested
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, verb-object
    to stop up a road with vehicles; to be jammed with traffic; to be congested; to have a traffic jam
    (syn.) 堵車, 塞車, 𤲍車, 窒車
    • 路上有點堵車。
      路上有点堵车。
      lù shàng yǒu diǎn dǔ chē ．
      The traffic was a bit congested.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 四级词汇表 #202
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    快要到早上的繁忙时段了，我们还不出发就要堵车了。
    快要到早上的繁忙時段了，我們還不出發就要堵車了。
    kuài yào dào zǎo shang de fán máng shí duàn le ， wǒ men hái bù chū fā jiù yào dǔ chē le 。
    • If we don't hit the road soon, we'll get caught in the morning rush hour traffic.
  2. Mandarin
    你现在出门的话，肯定会堵车的。
    你現在出門的話，肯定會堵車的。
    nǐ xiàn zài chū mén de huà ， kěn dìng huì dǔ chē de 。
    • If you leave now, I'm sure you'll be caught in a traffic jam.
  3. Mandarin
    现在才6点半，怎么会堵车呢？
    現在才6點半，怎麼會堵車呢？
    xiàn zài cái 6 diǎn bàn ， zěn me huì dǔ chē ne ？
    • How can there be a traffic jam now, as late as 6 o'clock?
  4. Mandarin
    因为堵车， 我开会迟到了。
    因為堵車， 我開會遲到了。
    yīn wèi dǔ chē ， wǒ kāi huì chí dào le 。
    • Because there was traffic, I was late to the meeting.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    堵车
    堵車
    dǔ chē
    • to be jammed with traffic
  2. Mandarin
    路上有点堵车。
    路上有點堵車。
    lù shàng yǒu diǎn dǔ chē ．
    • The traffic was a bit congested.