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

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

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

Synonyms

(to obstruct):

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to obstruct”):

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

Noun

阻塞

obstruction; block up; clog; jam

Derived terms

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