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块 (塊) kuài

  1. kuài noun piece / chunk / lump / block
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
  2. kuài measure word measure word for pieces, chunks, monetary units
    Domain: Economics 经济
    Notes: Used for dollars, RMB, etc as well as pieces of candy and so on. It is preferred for currency in spoken Chinese over 元.

Contained in

模块 、 一块儿 、 碎块 、 块状 、 逻辑块 、 逻辑区块 、 逻辑区块寻址 、 砖块 、 地块 、 板块

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Truncated for common words

CollectionDocument TitleOccurrences
Zhuangzi 《莊子》 《大宗師》 The Great and Most Honoured Master 2
Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》 《土部》 Tǔ Radical 2
Zhuangzi 《莊子》 《天下》 Tian Xia 1
Zhuangzi 《莊子》 《齊物論》 The Adjustment of Controversies 1
Zhuangzi 《莊子》 《應帝王》 The Normal Course for Rulers and Kings 1
The Book of Rites 《禮記》 《三年問》 Questions about the Mourning for Three Years 1
The Book of Rites 《禮記》 《間傳》 Treatise on Subsidiary Points in Mourning Usages 1
Er Ya 《爾雅》 《釋言》 Explanation of Words 1
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《滑稽列傳》 Biographies of Jesters 1
The Book of Rites 《禮記》 《問喪》 Questions about Mourning Rites 1

Collocations

SimplifiedTraditionalExampleExample ReferenceFrequency
枕块 枕塊 寢苫枕塊 The Book of Rites 《禮記》 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites 4
大块 大塊 夫大塊噫氣 Zhuangzi 《莊子》 《齊物論》 The Adjustment of Controversies 3
块载 塊載 夫大塊載我以形 Zhuangzi 《莊子》 《大宗師》 The Great and Most Honoured Master 2

Usage

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ExampleSourceOccurrences
寢苫枕塊 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 1
寢苫枕塊 《問喪》 Questions about Mourning Rites in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 1
寢苫枕塊 《間傳》 Treatise on Subsidiary Points in Mourning Usages in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 1
寢苫枕塊 《三年問》 Questions about the Mourning for Three Years in The Book of Rites 《禮記》 1
夫大塊噫氣 《齊物論》 The Adjustment of Controversies in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 1
夫大塊載我以形 《大宗師》 The Great and Most Honoured Master in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 2
塊然獨以其形立 《應帝王》 The Normal Course for Rulers and Kings in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 1
夫塊不失道 《天下》 Tian Xia in Zhuangzi 《莊子》 1
塊 《釋言》 Explanation of Words in Er Ya 《爾雅》 1
塊然獨處 《滑稽列傳》 Biographies of Jesters in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 1
土塊坴坴也 《土部》 Tǔ Radical in Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》 2
小塊也 《𨸏部》 Fù Radical in Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》 1