堆

Mandarin · pinyin duī

Meanings

  1. to pile up
  2. to heap up
  3. a mass
  4. pile
  5. heap
  6. stack
  7. large amount
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

堆
duī · heap, pile, crowd; pile up
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1 · dui1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link4same-tone records
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

堆 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

deoi1 · zeoi1

Cantonese word readings for 堆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. heap; pile; mound
  2. (computing) heap
  3. to pile up; to stack up
  4. Classifier for objects organised in piles: pile; lump; heap; clump; mound
  5. mound (usually in placenames)
  6. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 䭔 /𫗰 (duī)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack