🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

拥堵

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yōngdǔ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
congestion/kənˈdʒɛstʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"早高峰时段交通拥堵非常严重。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of being crowded and full of traffic, or of people or things, blocking movement.

    "The new bridge should help relieve traffic congestion in the city center."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin congestio(n-), from the verb congerere 'heap up' (from con- 'together' + gerere 'bring').

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