堆
砌

Lit. to pile up (bricks) in Chinese: 堆砌 (duī qì)

duī qì

lit. to pile up (bricks)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lit. to pile up (bricks)
  2. 2to pack
  3. 3fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases)
  4. 4ornate rhetoric

Stroke order

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堆
砌

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ㄉㄨㄟ

duī

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄑㄧˋ

qì

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 工人用砖头堆砌起一堵墙。

    gōng rén yòng zhuān tóu duī qì qǐ yì dǔ qiáng。

    The workers piled up bricks into a wall.

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Related words

堆

duī

to pile up

队形

duì xíng

formation

对白

duì bái

dialogue (in a movie or a play)

对策

duì cè

countermeasure for dealing with a situation

对称

duì chèn

symmetry

对得起

duì de qǐ

not to let sb down

对联

duì lián

rhyming couplet

对弈

duì yì

to play go, chess etc

对照

duì zhào

to contrast

对峙

duì zhì

to stand opposite

对准

duì zhǔn

to aim at

兑换

duì huàn

to convert

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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