块 (kuài): piece, lump
块 (kuài) is a Chinese character meaning “piece, lump.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 夬 (phonetic). It ranks #793 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 块 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
- piece, lump
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 块
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大块头noun | dà kuài tóu | heavy man |
| 冰块noun | bīng kuài | ice cube |
| 一块adverb | yī kuài | a piece |
| 块头noun | kuài tóu | size |
| 肿块noun | zhǒng kuài | swelling |
| 方块noun | fāng kuài | cube |
| 石块noun | shí kuài | stone |
| 模块noun | mó kuài | module (in software) |
| 血块noun | xuè kuài | blood clot |
| 板块noun | bǎn kuài | slab |
| 砖块noun | zhuān kuài | brick |
| 碎块 | suì kuài | fragment |
| 木块noun | mù kuài | block |
| 块状 | kuài zhuàng | lump |
| 版块noun | bǎn kuài | printing block |
块 appears in 66 compound words: 15 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 26 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 块 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这块地面积很大，可以用来建一个大型购物中心。
Zhè kuài dì miànjī hěn dà, kěyǐ yòng lái jiàn yí gè dàxíng gòuwù zhōngxīn.
This piece of land is very large and can be used to build a large shopping center.
宫腔内低回声有几种可能?包括妊娠囊、血块或小肌瘤吗
gōng qiāng nèi dī huí shēng yǒu jī zhǒng kě néng ? bāo kuò 妊 娠 náng , xiě kuài huò xiǎo jī liú ma
How many possibilities are there for intrauterine hypoechoia? Including gestational sacs, blood clots, or small fibroids
...国运通将设新总部 曼哈顿世贸建筑群最后一块拼图补足
. . . guó yùn tōng jiāng shè xīn zǒng bù 曼 hā dùn shì mào jiàn zhù qún zuì hòu yī kuài pīn tú bǔ zú
... China Express will set up a new headquarters The last piece of the puzzle in the Manhattan World Trade Center complex is completed
...| 影视游戏ETF重挫逾7%领跌,油气板块逆势爆发涨超9%-FX168
. . . yǐng shì yóu xì E T F chóng cuò yú 7 lǐng diē , yóu qì bǎn kuài nì shì bào fā zhǎng chāo 9 F X 1 6 8
...| Film and television game ETFs fell more than 7% to lead the decline, and the oil and gas sector bucked the trend and rose more than 9%-FX168
押风口!这些基金经理四季度就预测机器人板块火爆
yā fēng kǒu ! zhè xiē jī jīn jīng lǐ sì jì dù jiù yù cè jī qì rén bǎn kuài huǒ bào
Press the wind! These fund managers predicted that the robot sector would be hot in the fourth quarter
上海这家人收了7万块压岁钱!竟被家长弄丢了
shǎng hǎi zhè jiā rén shōu le mò kuài yā suì qián ! jìng bèi jiā cháng lòng diū le
This Shanghai family received 70,000 yuan of New Year's money! The parents lost it.
还剩下多少块三明治？
Hái shèngxià duōshao kuài sānmíngzhì?
How many sandwiches are there left?
你能举起这块石头吗？
Nǐ néng jǔqǐ zhè kuài shítou ma?
Can you lift this stone?
你喜欢哪一块？这块还是那块？
Nǐ xǐhuan nǎ yīkuài? zhè kuài háishi nà kuài?
Which one do you prefer, this one or that one?
我可以再吃一块蛋糕吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ zài chī yīkuài dàngāo ma?
May I have another piece of cake?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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