Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 擋

to resist
to obstruct
to hinder
to keep off
to block (a blow)
to get in the way of
cover
gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

to arrange
to put in order

neutral (gear)

park (gear)
program mode (on a digital camera)

(of a car) to slip out of gear
to pop out of gear

(slang) to ask for money
to lend money

first gear

windshield

bookend

(slang) to ask for money
to lend money

to protect from the rain

variant of 搭檔／搭档 (dādàng)

gear (of car etc)

gear shift

(literary) to put in order; to arrange
cuisine

(in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc)
(automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc)
(electric fan etc) speed setting

to resist
to hold back
to stop
to ward off
to withstand

to parry
to fend off
to block (a blow)

to shelter
to shelter from

see 攤檔／摊档 (tāndàng)

to obstruct

to stop
to resist
to obstruct

neutral gear

(slang) to ask for money
to lend money

to decline to receive a visitor
to turn sb away

doorstop

to be in the way; to block the path

to resist
to obstruct
to bear responsibility for

pick and roll (basketball)
screen and roll

to put into gear
to engage the gear
gear change

to change gear

shield
(fig.) excuse

reverse gear

forward gear

backboard

shǒudòngdǎng

manual gear change
shift stick

low gear
bottom gear

fàngkōngdǎng

to coast along in neutral gear (in a car)
(coll.) to go commando

(car, bicycle etc) fender; mudguard; (UK) wing

dǎngfēngqiáng

lit. windbreak
fig. protector

automatic transmission
auto gear shift

top gear; high gear

gear lever

see 放空擋／放空挡 (fàngkōngdǎng)

dǎngfēngbōli

windshield
wind screen

páidǎngsùlü

gear
gear speed

shìbùkědǎng

see 勢不可當／势不可当 (shìbùkědāng)

zìdòngguàdǎng

automatic gear change

bīngláijiàngdǎng,shuǐláitǔyǎn

兵来将挡，水来土掩

[兵來將擋，水來土掩]

counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation