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HSK
5

to block

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

dang3 dǎng

Meaning


Primary

to block

Alternatives

block, blocks, blocked, blocking

Mnemonic


[d-] Dracula is in the [3] basement of the [-ang] chapel where he has been locked up by the priests for being a vampire. He is 挡 blocked from leaving by a 扌 finger that stands guard with a 彐 fork. Whenever Dracula tries to get past, he is 挡 blocked by the holy anti-vampire ⺌ confetti that the finger shoots out of the holy 彐 fork.

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