(kuài) - piece, lump, yuan (unit of money) in Mandarin
kuàiTraditional: 块
Translation
piece, lump, yuan (unit of money)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the earth radical 土 (tǔ) for a lump of solid matter and 夬 (guài) marking the sound, hence a chunk or piece.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 土 (tǔ, earth) + 夬 (guài, phonetic)
Stroke order
块
Examples
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This book costs ten yuan.
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He gave me a piece of bread.
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A lump of stone is sitting on the table.
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I would like to buy two pieces of cake.
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This piece of cloth is very pretty.
块 (kuài) is a measure word for chunky, lump-like objects such as bread, soap or stone, and is also the colloquial unit for the yuan. It pairs with a number to count solid pieces.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)Approximation and Rounding in Mandarin: 左右, 大概, 差不多, 几 and 来 for About, Around and Roughly
Mandarin Comparatives: 比, 比较, 最, 跟…一样 and How to Say 'More', 'Most', 'Same As'
The Mandarin Copula 是 (shì): To Be, and When to Leave It Out
Mandarin Numbers, Time, Dates, and Currency: From 1 to 1,000,000, the 二/两 Split, and Time-Before-Verb
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