块 - kuài - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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块 (塊)

kuài

Definition

classifier (for coins, pieces of cloth, cake, etc)
这本书三十块钱。

This book is 30 RMB.
measure word
yuan (informal, also for other currency)
lump (of earth)
chunk
piece

Character Decomposition

Related words (63)

块体

kuài tǐ

a block; body of person or animal as a block

块垒

kuài lěi

gloom; a lump on the heart

size; body size

root tuber; tuberous root

lump coal

lump

stem tuber

truffle (edible root fungus)

块规

kuài guī

a gauge block (block for accurate measurement)

块儿八毛

kuài r bā máo

one yuan or less; around 80 cents or one dollar

一块

yī kuài

one block; one piece; one (unit of money); together; in the same place; in company

ice cube; ice chunk

clot; blood clot

to cut into pieces

separate block; specific section; chunk

tectonic plate

body parts (of a mutilated corpse)

斑块

bān kuài

patch; spot; (medicine) plaque

方块

fāng kuài

cube; block; square; rectangle; diamond ♦ (in card games)

block

block; slab; tectonic plate; continental plate

枕块

zhěn kuài

to use clay for a pillow (during mourning period)

模块

mó kuài

module (in software); functional unit; component part

滑块

huá kuài

runner block; sliding block; slider (computer interface element)

版块

bǎn kuài

printing block; section (of a newspaper); board (of BBS or discussion forum)

stone; rock

building block

brick

fragment

seed tuber

chunk

swelling; growth; tumor; lump

blood clot

hailstone

chicken nugget; chicken piece

ice cube tray

to cut into cubes; to dice (vegetable)

加冰块

jiā bīng kuài

on the rocks; with ice; iced

多模块

duō mó kuài

many modules; multiblock

大块头

dà kuài tóu

heavy man; fat man; lunkhead; lummox; lug

大陆块

dà lù kuài

continental plates (geology)

封装块

fēng zhuāng kuài

capsule; encapsulated unit (e.g. circuit board)

少块肉

shǎo kuài ròu

(coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth); (won't) hurt (to do sth)

library module

modularity

modular

module board

chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut

a mass; a body

bullion

global module

six pack (abdominal muscles)

six-pack (abs)

functional module

chunking

interface module

divot (golf)

plate tectonics

plate tectonics

modular unit

fuel pellets

wēi xíng fēng zhuāng kuài

microcapsule

模块化理论

mó kuài huà lǐ lùn

modularity theory

Idioms (2)

大块朵颐

dà kuài duǒ yí

to chew on a large slab (idiom); a large mouthful is hard to chew; to tuck into a great meal

寝苫枕块

qǐn shān zhěn kuài

bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period

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