Chinese symbol for “lump”
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 lump 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 “lump”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 块状 (塊狀) | kuài zhuàng | lump |
| 团 (團) | tuán | round; lump |
| 坨子 | tuó zi | lump; heap |
| 坨 | tuó | mound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) |
| 肿块 (腫塊) | zhǒng kuài | swelling; growth |
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 “lump”.
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