Chinese Word: 块 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

块 (Trad.: 塊)HSK 1

Pinyin: kuài

English Definition: lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

Chinese Definition:
①成疙瘩或成团的东西：土块儿。
②量词，用于块状或某些片状的东西：一块地。两块糖。
③量词，用于银币或纸币，等于“圆”：一块钱。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 土

Pictophonetic:夬 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
- 夬 [ guài ] decisive, certain; parted; fork

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板块	bǎn kuài	slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc
模块	mó kuài	module (in software); functional unit; component part
方块HSK 5	fāng kuài	cube; block; square; rectangle; diamond ♦ (in card games)
块头	kuài tóu	size; body size
方块字	fāng kuài zì	Chinese characters

1		wǒ yǒu 我有 yī bǎi 一百 kuài qián 块钱。 I have one hundred yuan.
2		zhè kuài 这块 shǒu biǎo 手表 tíng 停 le 了。 This watch has stopped.
3		zhè 这 shì 是 yí kuài 一块 zhū ròu 猪肉。 This is a piece of pork.
4		zhè 这 shì 是 yí kuài 一块 shí tou 石头。 This is a piece of stone.
5		wǒ men 我们 yí kuài r 一块儿 qù 去 ba 吧。 Let's go together.

1		wǒ yǒu 我有 yī bǎi 一百 kuài qián 块钱。 I have one hundred yuan.
2		zhè kuài 这块 shǒu biǎo 手表 tíng 停 le 了。 This watch has stopped.
3		zhè 这 shì 是 yí kuài 一块 zhū ròu 猪肉。 This is a piece of pork.
4		zhè 这 shì 是 yí kuài 一块 shí tou 石头。 This is a piece of stone.
5		wǒ men 我们 yí kuài r 一块儿 qù 去 ba 吧。 Let's go together.