卡住

qiǎzhù
  1. to become stuck; to jam; to become blocked; to seize up
  2. to choke

Wiktionary

Homographs

卡住 kǎzhù
  1. to jam
  2. to choke
  3. to clutch
  4. also pr. 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
=1 卡 qiǎ
  1. to block
  2. to be stuck
  3. to be wedged
  4. customs station
  5. a clip
  6. a fastener
  7. a checkpost
  8. Taiwan pr. kǎ
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)