VocabularyHSK 3 · core

kuài

piece, yuan (currency)

Part of speech · measure word

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Examples

  1. 一块蛋糕。
    A piece of cake.
  2. 十块钱。
    10 yuan.

Collocations

一块十块钱一块儿

Mnemonic

块 kuài "lump / yuan (colloquial currency)" — traditional 塊. Measure for cake, soap, stones. As currency, the colloquial form of 元 yuán. 一块儿 yíkuàir "together" is a separate idiomatic sense.

Quick check

  1. "10 yuan" colloquial?

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