堵车 dǔ chē
“traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested”
verb, verb / nounHSK 4 · 2021 list level 4Traditional 堵車
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
堵车 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 1169: 堵车 dǔchē — Level 4; official annotation 4 (动). PDF page 109
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用法How to use 堵车
堵车 means "to be stuck in a traffic jam" or "a traffic jam." It is a verb-object phrase, so you usually put the place first (路上、这里) and say 堵车了 or 堵车很严重, and it often appears in 因为堵车…… sentences.
例句Example sentences
- 今天早上路上堵车，我迟到了十分钟。jīn tiān zǎo shàng lù shang dǔ chē, wǒ chí dào le shí fēn zhōng.There was a traffic jam on the way this morning, and I was ten minutes late.
- 这个时间经常堵车，我们坐地铁去吧。zhè ge shí jiān jīng cháng dǔ chē, wǒ men zuò dì tiě qù ba.There's often a traffic jam at this time, so let's take the subway.
- 因为堵车，他从机场到酒店用了两个小时。yīn wèi dǔ chē, tā cóng jī chǎng dào jiǔ diàn yòng le liǎng gè xiǎo shí.Because of the traffic jam, it took him two hours to get from the airport to the hotel.