塊 (faai3 | kuai4) : a piece; a portion of bread

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塊

faai3

kuai4

[1] a lump (or clod) of earth
[2] a piece; lump; cube
[3] a dollar
[4] a piece of (land, bread, etc.)
[5] alone; to be all by oneself

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

塊 / 块

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Aug 2009 18:28

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一塊兒 jat1 faai3 ji4 yi1 kuair4 = together 國

魔術方塊 mo1 seot6 fong1 faai3 mo2 shu4 fang1 kuai4 = Rubik's Cube ™

一塊麵 jat1 faai3 min6 yi1 kuai4 mian4 = a loaf

塊多士 faai3 do1 si6*2 = slice of toast 粵

木塊 muk6 faai3 mu4 kuai4 = (wooden) block

燃料芯塊 jin4 liu6*2 sam1 faai3 ran2 liao4 xin1 kuai4 = fuel pellets

金銀塊 gam1 ngan4 faai3 jin1 yin2 kuai4 = bullion

血塊 hyut3 faai3 xue4 kuai4 (PRC), xie3 kuai4 (Taiwan) = gore (lit., "pieces of blood")

冰塊 bing1 faai3 bing1 kuai4 = ice cube; ice chunk

塊狀 faai3 zong6 kuai4 zhuang4 = lump
See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 塊

你塊面好污糟邋遢。粵
Your face is very dirty.

擰塊面過來! 粵
Turn your face this way!

食完香蕉之後，要掉咗塊蕉皮粵
Throw away the peel after you've finished the banana.
[Lit. eat-finish banana afterwards, need throw-[particle used in imperatives] [counter] banana-skin. Classifier 塊 is optional if the object (蕉皮) consists of two characters. But 塊 would be mandatory if followed by single character 皮. ]

塊紙板唔受力﹐唔好加咁重。粵
The cardboard doesn't carry much weight. Don't add too much.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 塊
Unicode code for this character: U+584a (off-site link)

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