阻止 zǔ zhǐ to prevent / to block syn 公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 街区 街區 jiē qū block / neighborhood 阻碍 阻礙 zǔ ài to obstruct / to hinder / to block / obstruction / hindrance syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 堵住 dǔ zhù to block up syn 遮住 zhē zhù to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade syn 封杀 封殺 fēng shā to shut out / to block / to smother 挡路 擋路 dǎng lù to be in the way / to block the path syn 打通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) syn 屏蔽 píng bì to screen / to block (sth or sb) / to shield / (protective) shield syn 阻塞 zǔ sè to block / to clog syn 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 阻断 阻斷 zǔ duàn to block / to obstruct / to intercept / to interdict syn 绊脚石 絆腳石 bàn jiǎo shí stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way syn 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 滑轮 滑輪 huá lún block and tackle syn 遮蔽 zhē bì to cover / to hide from view / to obstruct or block / defilade (military) syn 过来人 過來人 guò lái rén an experienced person / sb who has "been around (the block)" / sb who has personally experienced it syn 火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot / a block syn 充耳不闻 充耳不聞 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear syn 砧板 zhēn bǎn cutting board / chopping block syn 拦路 攔路 lán lù to block sb's path / to waylay 拦路虎 攔路虎 lán lù hǔ stumbling block syn 木块 木塊 mù kuài block 梗塞 gěng sè to clog / to block / to obstruct syn 版块 版塊 bǎn kuài printing block / section (of a newspaper) / board (of BBS or discussion forum) 滑车 滑車 huá chē pulley block syn 拦网 攔網 lán wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block syn 拦阻 攔阻 lán zǔ to block / to obstruct syn 充塞 chōng sè congestion / to block / to congest / to crowd / to choke / to cram / to fill up / to stuff / to take up all the space syn 七巧板 qī qiǎo bǎn tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle) 包场 包場 bāo chǎng to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc 雕版 diāo bǎn a carved printing block syn 区块 區塊 qū kuài block / segment / section / sector / area syn 砌块 砌塊 qì kuài building block 盖帽 蓋帽 gài mào block (basketball) 堵死 dǔ sǐ to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up 滑块 滑塊 huá kuài runner block / sliding block / slider (computer interface element) 基本单位 基本單位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block 封禁 fēng jìn to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user) 刻本 kè běn block printed edition 框图 框圖 kuàng tú flowchart / block diagram 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 阻绝 阻絕 zǔ jué to block / to obstruct / to clog 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 正楷 zhēng kǎi regular script (sim. to block capitals) syn 卡 kǎ to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette syn 卡 qiǎ to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3] syn 塞 sè (bound form) to block / to obstruct syn 墙 牆 qiáng wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) syn 版 bǎn a register / block of printing / edition / version / page syn 堵 dǔ to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) syn 拦 攔 lán to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi) syn 碍 礙 ài to hinder / to obstruct / to block syn 障 zhàng to block / to hinder / to obstruct syn 阻 zǔ to hinder / to block / to obstruct syn 梗 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) syn 江郎才尽 江郎才盡 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block 手拉葫芦 手拉葫蘆 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 方框图 方框圖 fāng kuàng tú flowchart / block diagram 阏 閼 è to block / to restrain / to control 楦 xuàn to block (a hat) / to stretch (a shoe) syn 礅 dūn stone block 堙 陻 yīn variant of 堙[yin1] / to block 鑕 zhì (executioner's) block 鑴 xì to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 闭门塞窦 閉門塞竇 bì mén sè dòu to close doors and block openings (idiom) / mounting a strict defense 锧 鑕 zhì (executioner's) block 转动式闭锁 rotating breech block 块规 塊規 kuài guī a gauge block (block for accurate measurement) 块体 塊體 kuài tǐ a block / body of person or animal as a block 枪闩 槍閂 qiāng shuān breech bolt (e.g. of rifle) 臀位 tún wèi breech presentation (obstetrics) 臀位分娩 tún wèi fēn miǎn breech delivery (medicine) 臀位取胎术 臀位取胎術 tún wèi qǔ tāi shù breech extraction (medicine) 臀产式分娩 臀產式分娩 tún chǎn shì fēn miǎn breech delivery (medicine) 逆产 逆產 nì chǎn traitor's property / breech delivery 炮尾环 炮尾環 breech ring 后膛 後膛 breech 后膛装填武器 後膛裝填武器 breech loader 街段 jiē duàn block 檮 táo blockhead / wood-block 鋑 cuān to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 羊羹 yáng gēng yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form 力阻 lì zǔ to block / to prevent by force syn 塞耳 sāi ěr to block one's ears (not wishing to hear) 字组 字組 zì zǔ block (of data) / code word 手板葫芦 手板葫蘆 shǒu bǎn hú lu lever pulley block 拼板玩具 pīn bǎn wán jù jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle 拼板游戏 拼板遊戲 pīn bǎn yóu xì jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle 杜塞 dù sè to stop / to block 气塞 氣塞 qì sāi airlock / air block / fipple (in the mouthpiece of wind instrument) 菜墩子 cài dūn zi chopping block 豺狼塞路 chái láng sāi lù ravenous wolves block the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land 逆断层 逆斷層 nì duàn céng reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees 门墩 門墩 mén dūn wooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door 阻援 zǔ yuán to block reinforcements 