# 堵塞 (dǔsè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 堵塞 (dǔsè) means “to clog up; blockage”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to clog up; blockage
- Pinyin: dǔsè (du3 se4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 水管堵塞了，需要找人来修理。
  Shuǐguǎn dǔsèle, xūyào zhǎo rén lái xiūlǐ.
  The water pipe is clogged, and we need to find someone to fix it.

## Characters

- [堵](https://hanziro.com/word/du-block-up/) (dǔ): to block up; to be congested
- [塞](https://hanziro.com/word/sai-stuff/) (sāi): to stuff; to plug

https://hanziro.com/word/du-se-clog-up/

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