Chinese word dictionary

铺砌

pū qì · to pave

Practice word

Word information

Simplified铺砌

Traditional鋪砌

Pinyinpū qì

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

铺pù

shop, store; bed, mattress

砌qì

to pile up, to build; stone steps; rock wall

How to learn 铺砌

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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店铺diànpù

store; shop

铺pū

to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker

堆砌duīqì

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

铺路pūlù

to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success

卧铺wòpù

a bed (on a train); a couchette