How to Say ‘Traffic jam / very congested’ in Traditional Chinese
很塞車
hěn sāi chē
[huhn sigh chuh]
💬 Usage Tip: [塞車] is the standard Taiwan word for traffic being jammed up. [很] here often just completes the sentence, so [很塞車] can simply mean "traffic was bad," not necessarily "very very bad."
Phrase Breakdown
很
hěn
[huhn]
very
An adverb meaning very, often placed before adjectives or stative verbs.
今天真的很塞車。
Traffic is really very bad today.
塞車
sāi chē
[sigh chuh]
traffic jam; congested traffic
Describes road traffic being heavily congested.
下班時間這裡常常塞車。
This area often has traffic jams during rush hour.
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