Word information
Simplified板块
Traditional板塊
Pinyinbǎnkuài
Part of speech名
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
板块
bǎnkuài · slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc
Character breakdown
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块kuài
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
黑板hēibǎnblackboard; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
一块儿yíkuàirerhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]
老板lǎobǎnRobam (brand); boss; business proprietor; CL:個|个[ge4]; variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]
地板dìbǎnfloor
叫板jiàobǎnto signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge