擋

擋雨

dong2 jyu5

to take cover from the rain

前面條路俾架貨車擋住咗。

cin4 min6 tiu4 lou6 bei2 gaa3 fo3 ce1 dong2 zyu6 zo2.

The road ahead is blocked by a truck.

我擋咗佢一拳。

ngo5 dong2 zo2 keoi5 jat1 kyun4.

I blocked his punch.

擋住去路

to block the way

搵嘢擋住啲雨

find something to protect oneself from (literally, “block off”) the rain

玄德苦擋，雲長不依，只領五百校刀手而去。

二擋

second gear

手動擋

manual transmission

跳擋

to pop out of gear; to skip a gear when shifting

擋筷兒

to hold a pair of chopsticks steady; (broadly) to use chopsticks

大家看見仔覅嚇一嚇個啊，要緊奔上來好婆擋擋牢，萬一跌下來闖窮禍唻。

Now everybody gets anxious at the sight of this of course; they rush and run to support granny and keep her on there; it'd be a disaster if she actually fell.