yōng dǔ

Traditional: 擁堵

拥堵 (yōng dǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “(of traffic) to become congested; congestion”.

Meanings

  1. 1(of traffic) to become congested
  2. 2congestion

Characters in 拥堵

拥yōng · to hold in one's arms; to embrace堵dǔ · to block up (a road, pipe etc)

Related words

拥有to have; to possess; to own拥抱to embrace堵to block up (a road, pipe etc)堵住to block up拥挤crowded拥to hold in one's arms; to embrace堵塞to clog up堵车traffic jam拥护to endorse; to support蜂拥而至to arrive in huge numbers蜂拥to swarm; to flock; to throng拥挤不堪overcrowded

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