# 阻挠 (zǔnáo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 阻挠 (zǔnáo) means “to obstruct; to thwart”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to obstruct; to thwart
- Pinyin: zǔnáo (zu3 nao2)
- Traditional: 阻撓
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 没有人能阻挠我们前进。
  Méiyǒu rén néng zǔnáo wǒmen qiánjìn.
  No one can thwart our progress.

## Characters

- 阻 (zǔ): to hinder; to block
- [挠](https://hanziro.com/word/nao-scratch/) (náo): to scratch; to hinder

https://hanziro.com/word/zu-nao-obstruct/

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