块 kuài
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 夬 decisive, certain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
块
kuài
piece; yuan (colloquial)
Character
Example phrases
- 一杯茶三块钱。 Yì bēi chá sān kuài qián. A cup of tea is three yuan.
- 这本书十块钱。 Zhè běn shū shí kuài qián. This book is ten yuan.
- 给我一块钱。 Gěi wǒ yí kuài qián. Give me one yuan.
- 这个菜五块。 Zhège cài wǔ kuài. This dish costs five yuan.
- 你有几块钱？ Nǐ yǒu jǐ kuài qián? How much money do you have?
- 这块面包好吃。 Zhè kuài miànbāo hǎochī. This piece of bread is tasty.
- 她买了三块肉。 Tā mǎi le sān kuài ròu. She bought three pieces of meat.
- 我没有一块钱。 Wǒ méiyǒu yí kuài qián. I don't have a single yuan.
- 这块地方很大。 Zhè kuài dìfang hěn dà. This area is quite large.
- 王明，给你一块。 Wáng Míng, gěi nǐ yí kuài. Wang Ming, here's one yuan for you.