I was delayed by a traffic jam.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
交通堵塞
road congestion; traffic jam
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
road congestion; traffic jam
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 交通堵塞 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 交通堵塞 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
All big cities have traffic problems.
We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 交通堵塞.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 交通堵塞.
Directly before
- 被交通堵塞2
- 避开交通堵塞1
- 有交通堵塞1
Directly after
- 交通堵塞困住1
- 交通堵塞耽搁1
- 交通堵塞的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 交通堵塞
What does 交通堵塞 mean in Chinese?
交通堵塞 (jiāotōngdǔsè) means road congestion; traffic jam.
How do you pronounce 交通堵塞?
交通堵塞 is pronounced jiāotōngdǔsè.
Is 交通堵塞 an HSK word?
交通堵塞 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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