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塊

简块 · 繁塊

Mandarin · pinyin kuài

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

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塊: kuài · piece, lump; dollar
块: kuài · piece, lump; dollar

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faai3

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

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character · Etymology 1

piece; chunk; lump; part
Classifier for piece of something (food, cloth, stone): piece; chunk; slab
Classifier for areas of land: plot; tract; area
(colloquial) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
(colloquial, slang, Malaysia, by extension) a Malaysian ringgit
(Teochew) place
(Sichuanese, obsolete) tomb; grave
(archaic) calm and indifferent
(archaic) solitary; alone

character · Etymology 2

(Eastern Min, Hokkien) piece; chunk; lump; part
(Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hokkien, Leizhou Min) Classifier for piece of something (food, cloth, stone): piece; chunk; slab
(Northern Min, Eastern Min, colloquial) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
(Hokkien) Classifier for songs and stories.
(Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) place
(Taiwanese Hokkien) home
(Eastern Min, Hokkien) Classifier for places.

character · Etymology 3

(Hokkien) alternative form of 咧 (“in the process of; currently”)

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