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块
塊
kuài
1.
lump (of earth)
2.
chunk
3.
piece
4.
classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
5.
colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as [[塊錢|块钱]]
HSK 1
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一块
yīkuài
one block
冰块
bīngkuài
ice cube
凝块
níngkuài
clot
切块
qiēkuài
to cut into pieces
区块
qūkuài
separate block
地块
dìkuài
tectonic plate
块垒
kuàilěi
gloom
块根
kuàigēn
starchy tuber on roots of plants
块煤
kuàiméi
lump coal
块状
kuàizhuàng
lump
块茎
kuàijīng
starchy tuber on stem of plants
块菌
kuàijūn
truffle (edible root fungus)
块规
kuàiguī
a gauge block (block for accurate measurement)
块头
kuàitóu
size
块体
kuàitǐ
a block
尸块
shīkuài
body parts (of a mutilated corpse)
斑块
bānkuài
patch
方块
fāngkuài
cube
木块
mùkuài
block
板块
bǎnkuài
block
Example Sentences (10)
这个笔记本电脑我去年买的时候要五千块左右，现在便宜多了。
Zhège bǐjìběn diànnǎo wǒ qùnián mǎi de shíhou yào wǔ qiān kuài zuǒyòu, xiànzài piányi duō le.
When I bought this laptop last year, it cost around five thousand yuan. It's much cheaper now.
Text 4
别吃了，你已经吃了三块蛋糕了。
Bié chī le, nǐ yǐjīng chī le sān kuài dàngāo le.
Don't eat anymore, you've already eaten three pieces of cake.
Text 2
其实做水果饭很简单，先把米饭做好，然后再把一块块新鲜的水果放进去，水果饭就做好了。
Qíshí zuò shuǐguǒ fàn hěn jiǎndān, xiān bǎ mǐfàn zuò hǎo, ránhòu zài bǎ yí kuài kuài xīnxiān de shuǐguǒ fàng jìnqù, shuǐguǒ fàn jiù zuò hǎo le.
Actually, making fruit rice is very simple. First cook the rice, then put pieces of fresh fruit in, and the fruit rice is done.
Text 4
我们买两块，回家吃着蛋糕看电视，怎么样？
Wǒmen mǎi liǎng kuài, huíjiā chī zhe dàngāo kàn diànshì, zěnme yàng?
Let's buy two pieces, go home, eat cake while watching TV. How does that sound?
Text 3
七块钱一斤，您放心，保证百分之百新鲜。
Qī kuài qián yì jīn, nín fàngxīn, bǎozhèng bǎi fēn zhī bǎi xīnxiān.
Seven yuan per jin, rest assured, guaranteed 100% fresh.
Text 2
您看这个沙发怎么样？现在正在打折，比平时便宜了一千块。
Nín kàn zhège shāfā zěnme yàng? Xiànzài zhèngzài dǎzhé, bǐ píngshí piányi le yì qiān kuài.
What do you think of this sofa? It's on sale now, 1,000 yuan cheaper than usual.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 792
- Word Frequency Rank
- 870 of 84,292