堆 (duī): to pile, to heap
堆 (duī) is a Chinese character meaning “to pile, to heap.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 隹 (phonetic). It ranks #1362 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 堆 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- to pile, to heap
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垃圾堆 | lā jī duī | garbage heap |
| 反应堆 | fǎn yìng duī | reactor |
| 火堆 | huǒ duī | bonfire |
| 堆满 | duī mǎn | to pile up |
| 堆积 | duī jī | to pile up |
| 核反应堆 | hé fǎn yìng duī | nuclear reactor |
| 堆积如山 | duī jī rú shān | to pile up like a mountain (idiom) |
| 堆放 | duī fàng | to pile up |
| 堆肥 | duī féi | compost |
| 土堆 | tǔ duī | mound |
| 堆砌 | duī qì | lit. to pile up (bricks) |
| 堆栈 | duī zhàn | stack (computing) |
| 动力反应堆 | dòng lì fǎn yìng duī | power reactor |
| 原子反应堆 | yuán zǐ fǎn yìng duī | atomic reactor |
| 生产反应堆 | shēng chǎn fǎn yìng duī | production reactor |
堆 appears in 51 compound words: 33 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 堆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
仓库里堆满了货物，需要尽快清理出货。
Cāngkù lǐ duīmǎn le huòwù, xūyào jǐnkuài qīnglǐ chū huò.
The warehouse is piled high with goods; they need to be shipped out as soon as possible.
...数”被紧盯!美防长笑点这家店:我要订一大堆
. . . shǔ bèi jǐn dīng ! měi fáng cháng xiào diǎn zhè jiā diàn : wǒ yāo dìng yī dà duī
... Count "Being watched! The U.S. Secretary of Defense laughed at this store: I want to order a lot
日本高龄评论家拒绝断舍离 杂物堆家中一招堵住女儿嘴
rì běn gāo líng píng lùn jiā jù jué duàn shě lí zá wù duī jiā zhōng yī zhāo dǔ zhù nǚ ér zuǐ
Japan's elderly critic refuses to break away from the clutter pile at home to block his daughter's mouth
外国游客扎堆北京过年 中国年味儿成功圈粉全球游客
wài guó yóu kè zhā duī běi jīng guò nián zhōng guó nián wèi ér chéng gōng juān fěn quán qiú yóu kè
Foreign tourists gather in Beijing for the New Year, and the Chinese New Year flavor has successfully attracted tourists from all over the world
...清迈爆猫瘟 12天72头老虎接连暴毙尸体堆成山
. . . qīng mài bào māo wēn 1 2 tiān 7 2 tóu lǎo hǔ jiē lián bào bì shī tǐ duī chéng shān
... Chiang Mai outbreak cat plague 72 tigers died violently in 12 days, and the corpses piled up in mountains
...俄罗斯“极光村”的中国游客:路两边的冰雪堆..
. . . é luó sī jí guāng cūn de zhōng guó yóu kè lù liǎng biān de bīng xuě duī . .
... Chinese tourists in Russia's "Aurora Village": Ice and snow piles on both sides of the road...
他们看了看那堆垃圾，再互相望了一眼。
Tāmen kàn le kàn nà duī lājī, zài hùxiāng wàng le yīyǎn.
They looked at the rubbish, then they looked at each other.
孩子们正在海滩上用沙子堆沙堡。
Háizimen zhèngzài hǎitān shàng yòng shāzi duī shābǎo.
Kids are building sand castles on the beach.
汤姆和一堆陌生人在一起。
Tāngmǔ hé yīduī mòshēngrén zàiyīqǐ.
Tom was with a bunch of strangers.
让我们堆个雪人吧。
Ràng wǒmen duī gè xuěrén ba.
Let's make a snowman.
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