Traditional: 阻

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Translation

to block, to obstruct (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 阻

Examples

Please stop him from leaving.

No one can stop us.

chǎo

He tried to stop the argument.

dǎng

No one can stop him.

阻 (zǔ) is a bound morpheme meaning to block; with 止 it forms 阻止 (zǔzhǐ), to stop or prevent.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 阻.

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This word is part of lesson 106.