Chinese Conversation · Level 70
90 words
Chinese word
拦截
Pronunciation
Pinyinlán jié
Meaning
- verbstop
Example
他在高速上被交警拦截了，因为超速。tā zài gāo sù shàng bèi jiāo jǐng lán jié le yīn wèi chāo sù
He was stopped by traffic police on the highway for speeding.
More examples
手机可以拦截骚扰电话。shǒu jī ké yǐ lán jié sāo rǎo diàn huà
A smartphone can block spam calls.
Core concept
A barrier meets a moving message or signal midway and keeps it from reaching its destination.
Common phrases
拦截骚扰电话lán jié sāo rǎo diàn huà
block spam calls
拦截短信lán jié duǎn xìn
block text messages
被拦截bèi lán jié
be stopped
Similar words
阻止zú zhǐ: Prevents an action or event from happening.
拦住lán zhù: Stops a person or object directly with the body or hands at a passage or place.
挡住dǎng zhù: Blocks a passage with a body or object so that movement cannot continue.
Definition in Chinese
用技术或措施在信息或信号传输过程中截获并使其无法到达既定接收者。yòng jì shù huò cuò shī zài xìn xī huò xìn hào chuán shū guò chéng zhōng jié huò bìng shǐ qí wú fǎ dào dá jì dìng jiē shōu zhě
Word origin
拦 (lán, "bar") + 截 (jié, "cut off") combines the ideas of blocking a route and cutting a moving stream short, which gives the word its sense of stopping a transmission before delivery.
Usage tips
- English speakers may hear "intercept" as catching something on its way, while the Chinese verb also naturally describes a system that prevents a message or signal from being delivered.
Other meanings
- blockverb
- interceptverb
Opposites
- 放行fàng xínglet passverb