块 Traditional: 塊
Pinyin IPA [kʰwaɪ˥˩] Zhuyin
HSK 1 measure word 量词 Book 1 · Lesson 8 freq #483
Meaning
- measure word 量词 a unit of money, same as "yuan"
The measure word for pieces and lumps, and the everyday spoken unit of money (equivalent to 元 yuán): 五块钱 'five kuai'.
- lump; chunk; piece
- classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
- (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
Examples
| 这个杯子五块钱。 | Zhège bēizi wǔ kuài qián. | This cup is five kuai. |
| 那本书十八块。 | Nà běn shū shíbā kuài. | That book is eighteen kuai. |
| 这个几块？ | zhè ge jǐ kuài | How much is it? |
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