块
kuàiTraditional: 块
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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.
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