Chinese symbol for “obstacle”
障碍物
zhàng ài wù
Traditional: 障礙物
obstacle; hindrance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for obstacle is 障碍物 (zhàng ài wù), defined as: obstacle; hindrance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “obstacle”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 障碍物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 保障 | bǎo zhàng | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 障碍 (障礙) | zhàng ài | barrier; obstruction |
| 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 |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “obstacle”.
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.