My zipper got stuck.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
卡住
to jam
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to jam
02
to choke
03
to clutch
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 卡住 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 卡住 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Dust in the gears gummed up the machine.
This jam jar's lid is stuck and won't open.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 卡住.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 卡住.
Directly before
- 齿轮卡住1
- 盖子卡住1
- 拉链卡住1
- 机器卡住1
Directly after
- 卡住了4
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 卡住
What does 卡住 mean in Chinese?
卡住 (kǎzhù) means to jam.
How do you pronounce 卡住?
卡住 is pronounced kǎzhù.
Is 卡住 an HSK word?
卡住 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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