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板块

bǎn kuài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 板塊

板块 (bǎn kuài) means "slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 板块 means

1. slab
2. geologytectonic plate
3. (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry)
4. (economic) bloc

The characters in 板块

• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc…

Example sentences

• 随着板块的移动，各大洲因地理隔离而出现了适应不同环境的独特恐龙物种。
  As tectonic plates shifted, uniquely adapted species of dinosaur emerged on each continent through vicariance.

Words starting with 板块

• 板块构造bǎn kuài gòu zàoplate tectonics
• 板块理论bǎn kuài lǐ lùnplate tectonics

Sounds the same

Read bǎn kuài, tone for tone, but written differently.

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

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