卡住

kǎzhù
  1. to jam
  2. to choke
  3. to clutch
  4. also pr. qiǎzhù

CEDICT

Homographs

卡住 qiǎzhù

Examples

我的拉链卡住了。

My zipper got stuck.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 卡 kǎ
  1. to stop
  2. to block
  3. (computing) (coll.) slow
  4. (loanword) card
  5. truck (from "car")
  6. calorie (abbr. for 卡路里 kǎlùlǐ)
  7. cassette

classifiers: 張, 片
2 住 zhù
  1. to live
  2. to dwell
  3. to stay
  4. to reside
  5. to stop
  6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Related entries

卡彈 kǎdàn to jam (rifle)
卡殼 qiǎké
  1. (of a bullet or shell) to jam
  2. (fig.) to get stuck; to be held up; to reach an impasse
咽 yè to choke (in crying)
不喝水我咽不下这些药片。

I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.

Source: Tatoeba

嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
嗈 yōng to choke
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