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  *墙* | 墙* | *墙
wall (CL:,) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙)
HSK 2
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  *卡* | 卡* | *卡
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL: 張|张, / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里) / cassette
HSK 2
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  *堵* | 堵* | *堵
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)
HSK 4
to prevent / to block
HSK 4
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
HSK 6
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  *版* | 版* | *版
a register / block of printing / edition / version / page
HSK 5
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  *卡* | 卡* | *卡
to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3]
HSK 7-9
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  *挡* | 挡* | *挡
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
(folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (one flat side and one rounded side up); affirmative response from a deity
(folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity
(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (at least one block lands on its edge); result interpreted as unclear or exceptional
(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks flat side up); ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deity
(Tw) (folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯 (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pua̍h-pue]) (equivalent to Mandarin 擲筊|掷筊)
to obstruct / to hinder / to block / obstruction / hindrance
HSK 5
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy
apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:)
HSK 7-9
to intercept; to block the passage of; to interdict
capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals
cube; block; square / diamond ♦ (in card games)
tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
Lego, Danish brand of plastic building blocks
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
block; neighborhood
block
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  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , 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)
to screen / to block (sth or sb) / to shield / (protective) shield
to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc
ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
(slang) (of a website) to get blocked
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  *拦* | 拦* | *拦
to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi)
HSK 7-9
hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot; a block
HSK 7-9
to obstruct; to block
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing
pressed tofu; dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish)
block; segment; section; sector; area
to block up
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block
stumbling block
to be in the way; to block the path
flowchart / block diagram
to block / to obstruct
runner block; sliding block / slider (computer interface element)
to shut out; to block; to smother
yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form
catapult / ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
arrow-blocking shield / (fig.) pretext; cover; sth used to deflect blame, criticism or pressure
block
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  *阻* | 阻* | *阻
to hinder / to block / to obstruct
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
building block
to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up
to clog; to block; to obstruct
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  *塞* | 塞* | *塞
(bound form) to block; to obstruct
block (of data) / code word
to block / to obstruct / to clog
river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐, which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
block printed edition
to play with stacking blocks
dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails
Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block
toy building blocks
an experienced person / sb who has "been around (the block)" / sb who has personally experienced it
blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)
congestion / to block / to congest / to crowd / to choke / to cram / to fill up / to stuff / to take up all the space
to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user)
(folk religion) moon blocks – a pair of crescent-shaped divination blocks thrown on the ground to seek a deity's response
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  *鑴* | 鑴* | *鑴
to engrave or carve, as a block for printing
the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
flowchart / block diagram
electric chain pulley block
to stop / to block
to block a shot (basketball)
to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
to block / to obstruct / to intercept / to interdict
(photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block
procaine (nerve blocking agent) (loanword)
printing block / section (of a newspaper) / board (of BBS or discussion forum)
ad-blocker
to block sb's path / to waylay
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  *墩* | 墩* | *墩
block / gate pillar / pier / classifier for clusters of plants / classifier for rounds in a card game: trick / (archaic) watchtower
sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks
a gauge block (block for accurate measurement)
cutting board; chopping block
chopping block
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  *阏* | 阏* | *阏
to block / to restrain / to control
squat block (of stone, wood etc) / ottoman; pouf
engraved blocks (for printing)
to block / to prevent by force
a block / body of person or animal as a block
lever pulley block
propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure)
to parry / to fend off / to block (a blow)
to block / to clog
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  *枓* | 枓* | *枓
(architecture) square wooden bearing block used to support a bracket in a dougong 斗拱 bracket system
block and tackle
to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade
basic unit / fundamental building block
jigsaw puzzle; wood block puzzle
catapult / ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)

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