堆 duī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
堆积
duījī
to pile up; to accumulate
Characters in this word
积 jī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 港口货柜长期堆积，不仅增加仓储成本，也拖慢了整条供应链。 Gǎngkǒu huòguì chángqī duījī, bùjǐn zēngjiā cāngchǔ chéngběn, yě tuōmàn le zhěng tiáo gōngyìngliàn. Cargo containers have been piling up at the port for a long time, increasing storage costs and slowing the whole supply chain.
- 桌子上堆积了很多没拆的快递。 Zhuōzi shàng duījī le hěn duō méi chāi de kuàidì. Many unopened parcels have piled up on the table.
- 屋顶上堆积着厚厚的积雪。 Wūdǐng shàng duījī zhe hòuhòu de jīxuě. Thick snow has piled up on the roof.
Related words
- 堆 duī pile; to pile up
- 堆砌 duīqì to pile up; to stack; to overload with rhetoric
- 积极 jījí active; positive
- 面积 miànjī area
- 积累 jīlěi to accumulate
- 体积 tǐjī volume
- 积 jī to accumulate; to store up
- 积淀 jīdiàn to accumulate and settle; accumulation; cultural sediment
- 积蓄 jīxù to accumulate; savings
- 积攒 jīzǎn to save up; to accumulate
- 累积 lěijī to accumulate; to build up
- 耽搁 dānge to delay; to hold up; to waste time