塊

kuài

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
Measure word

塊 (kuài) is a Chinese word meaning “lump; chunk; piece”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. lump; chunk; piece
  2. classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
  3. (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

Stroke order

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Example

這個十塊錢。

This costs ten dollars.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).