Chinese symbol for “impediment”
障碍
zhàng ài
Traditional: 障礙
barrier; obstruction; hindrance; impediment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impediment is 障碍 (zhàng ài), defined as: barrier; obstruction; hindrance; impediment; obstacle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “impediment”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 障碍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 保障 | bǎo zhàng | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 故障 | gù zhàng | malfunction; breakdown |
| 社会保障 (社會保障) | shè huì bǎo zhàng | social security |
| 屏障 | píng zhàng | barrier |
| 路障 | lù zhàng | roadblock; barricade |
| 阻碍 (阻礙) | zǔ ài | to obstruct; to hinder |
| 妨碍 (妨礙) | fáng ài | to hinder; to obstruct |
| 障碍物 (障礙物) | zhàng ài wù | obstacle; hindrance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impediment”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.