窒礙
simp窒碍zat6 ngoi6zhì ài
English
- (literary) to be obstructed
- (of development or progress) to hinder; to pose difficulties
粵語 — Cantonese
- (指發展、進度等)妨礙;阻礙
Examples
有人覺得中英夾雜會窒礙小朋友嘅語言發展。
Some suggested that code-mixing between Chinese and English would hinder a child's language development.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk