Chinese word dictionary

堆积

duījī · to pile up; to heap; accumulation

Practice word

Word information

Simplified堆积

Traditional堆積

Pinyinduījī

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

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

堆duī

crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks

积jī

to store up, to amass, to accumulate

How to learn 堆积

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积极jījí

active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive

积累jīlěi

to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively

堆duī

to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount

面积miànjī

area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land

体积tǐjī

volume (amount of space an object occupies)

堆砌duīqì

lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric