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一块儿 (yī kuài r) — (adverb) together; (noun, colloquial) a piece; a chunk; (noun, colloquial) one yuan; one dollar

Definition

Colloquial "together" (adverb) and "a piece / one yuan" (noun, erhua form of 一块). As "together" it is more casual than the written-style 一起.

adverb
together
noun
(noun, colloquial) a piecea chunk(noun, colloquial) one yuanone dollar

Examples

  • 一块儿。
    Wǒ men yī kuài r qù kàn diàn yǐng ba.
    Let's go watch a movie together.
  • 一块儿。
    Tā men yī kuài r chī wǔ fàn.
    They eat lunch together.
  • 一块儿。
    Wǒ chī le yī kuài r miàn bāo.
    I ate a piece of bread.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

一块one piece
一yīone块kuàipiece
偏正Modifier + head
儿érerhua

The colloquial form 一块儿 comes from 一块 plus 儿, and means together or one piece.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 塊; 块 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth; dust
Sound part声符shēngfú
鬼
鬼guǐ塊kuài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 塊 pairs 土 (earth; dust) with 鬼 as a sound part to show a clod of dirt. The simplified 块 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

Open 块 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

Open 儿 →
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