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块

kuài

HSK 1 Character Traditional 塊

What 块 means

1. lump; chunk; piece
2. classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
3. colloquialclassifier for money and currency units

Example sentences

• 这是冰块。
  Zhè shì bīngkuài.
  This is an ice cube.
• 这个几块？
  How much is it?
• 这块手表很准。
  This watch keeps correct time.
• 这块蛋糕很甜。
  This cake is very sweet.
• 她储了一百块。
  She saved a hundred dollars.
• 那有两块蛋糕。
  There were two cakes.

Words starting with 块

• 块头kuài tóusize; body size
• 块根kuài gēnroot tuber; tuberous root
• 块状kuài zhuànglump
• 块规kuài guīa gauge block (block for accurate measurement)
• 块体kuài tǐa block; body of person or animal as a block
• 块菌kuài jūntruffle (edible root fungus)
• 块煤kuài méilump coal
• 块垒kuài lěigloom; a lump on the heart
• 块茎kuài jīng(botany) a (stem) tuber
• 块儿八毛kuài r bā máoone yuan or less; around 80 cents or one dollar

Words containing 块

• 板块bǎn kuàislab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry)
• 石块shí kuàistone; rock
• 模块mó kuàimodule (in software); functional unit; component part
• 冰块bīng kuàiice cube; ice chunk
• 方块fāng kuàicube; block; square; diamond ♦ (in card games)
• 版块bǎn kuàiprinting block; section (of a newspaper); board (of BBS or discussion forum)
• 地块dì kuàiparcel of land; (geology) massif
• 鸡块jī kuàichicken nugget; chicken piece
• 大块头dà kuài tóuheavy man; fat man; lunkhead
• 砖块zhuān kuàibrick
• 方块字fāng kuài zìChinese characters
• 肿块zhǒng kuàiswelling; growth; tumor
• 切块qiē kuàito cut into pieces
• 区块qū kuàiblock; segment; section; sector; area
• 木块mù kuàiblock
• 种块zhǒng kuàiseed tuber
• 组块zǔ kuàichunk
• 血块xuè kuàiblood clot
• 麦块Mài kuài(Taiwan) Minecraft
• 区块链qū kuài liàn(computing) blockchain
• 多模块duō mó kuàimany modules; multiblock
• 模块化mó kuài huàmodularity
• 模块式mó kuài shìmodular
• 模块板mó kuài bǎnmodule board

Characters that look like 块

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
• 迪díto enlighten
• 怯qiètimid; cowardly; rustic
• 抉juéto pick out; to single out
• 炔quēalkyne; also pr. jué

Sounds the same

Read kuài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 快rapid; quick; speed
• 筷chopstick
• 会(bound form) to reckon accounts
• 侩broker
• 脍chopped meat or fish
• 哙throat; to swallow
• 浍drain; stream
• 廥barn; granary
• 旝(literary) standard; banner (raised for battle); (literary) catapult, or a rock launched…
• 鬠to make a top knot
• 鲙used in 鲙鱼; minced or diced fish (variant of 脍
• 狯crafty; cunning