Chinese word dictionary

块根

kuài gēn · root tuber; tuberous root

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Word information

Simplified块根

Traditional塊根

Pinyinkuài gēn

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

块kuài

piece, lump, chunk; dollar; measure word for currency

根gēn

root, basis, foundation

How to learn 块根

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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块kuài

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

根据gēnjù

according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]

一块儿yíkuàir

erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]

根gēn

root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)

根本gēnběn

fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]

板块bǎnkuài

slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc