挡
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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)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,461 U+6321
How 挡 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
fend off · Heisig RSH #2206
fingers + 当 work as
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 挡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自动挡 | zì dòng dǎng | automatic transmission; auto gear shift |
| 手动挡 | shǒu dòng dǎng | manual gear change; shift stick |
| 势不可挡 | shì bù kě dǎng | see 勢不可當|势不可当[shi4 bu4 ke3 dang1] |
| 行进挡 | xíng jìn dǎng | forward gear |
| 放空挡 | fàng kōng dǎng | to coast along in neutral gear (in a car); (coll.) to go commando |
| 兵来将挡，水来土掩 | bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn | counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call fo… |
| 自动挂挡 | zì dòng guà dǎng | automatic gear change |
| 后挡板 | hòu dǎng bǎn | backboard |
| 倒车挡 | dào chē dǎng | reverse gear |
| 高速挡 | gāo sù dǎng | top gear; high gear |
| 头挡 | tóu dǎng | first gear |
| 风挡 | fēng dǎng | windshield |
| 门挡 | mén dǎng | doorstop |
| 空挡 | kōng dǎng | neutral gear |
| 挡路 | dǎng lù | to be in the way; to block the path |
| 书挡 | shū dǎng | bookend |
| 格挡 | gé dǎng | to parry; to fend off; to block (a blow) |
| 挂空挡 | guà kōng dǎng | see 放空擋|放空挡[fang4 kong1 dang3] |
| 挡泥板 | dǎng ní bǎn | (car, bicycle etc) fender; mudguard; (UK) wing |
| 调挡 | tiáo dǎng | gear shift |