Chinese symbol for “chunk”
块
kuài
Traditional: 塊
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chunk is 块 (kuài), defined as: lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “chunk”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一块 (一塊) | yī kuài | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感这一块 (qíng gǎn zhè yī kuài) "the emotional aspect (of it)") |
| 组块 (組塊) | zǔ kuài | chunk |
| 截 | jié | to cut off (a length); to stop |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 块.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一块 (一塊) | yī kuài | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感这一块 (qíng gǎn zhè y |
| 板块 (板塊) | bǎn kuài | slab; (geology) tectonic plate |
| 模块 (模塊) | mó kuài | module (in software); functional unit |
| 区块 (區塊) | qū kuài | block; segment; section; sector; area |
| 石块 (石塊) | shí kuài | stone; rock |
| 一块儿 (一塊兒) | yī kuài r | erhua variant of 一块 (yī kuài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chunk”.
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