块 kuài piece
piece; lump; measure word for money
怎么记住“块”: 土 earth + 夬 separate = piece. The potter slaps wet earth on the table and cuts it with a wire to separate one piece for each child.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 土 + 鬼
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
块 = 土 earth + 夬 separate
- 土 earth meaning
- 夬 separate shape only
The potter slaps wet earth on the table and cuts it with a wire to separate one piece for each child.
How it came to be
Earth gives the meaning, a clod of dirt; the short form put a simpler part where the sound part was.
用法
- Measure word for chunks and lumps, and the everyday spoken word for money: 一块蛋糕 (yí kuài dàngāo) a slice of cake, 五块钱 (wǔ kuài qián) five kuai.
- Formal or written money uses 元 (yuán) instead.
含“块”的词语
例句
- 我有一百块钱。 Wǒ yǒu yībǎi kuài qián.I've got one hundred RMB.
- 这有一块蛋糕。 Zhè yǒu yī kuài dàngāo.Here's a piece of cake.