(kuài) — (classifier) for pieces or chunks of something (e.g., bread, meat, watermelon); (colloquial) for money, equivalent to 元 (yuan)

Definition

块 (kuài) is a common measure word for chunky pieces of food and things (一块面包, 一块西瓜). It's also the casual spoken word for 'yuan' — 一块钱 = one yuan.

classifier
for pieces or chunks of something (e.g., bread, meat, watermelon)(colloquial) for moneyequivalent to 元 (yuan)

Examples

  • Wǒ chī le yí kuài miàn bāo.
    I ate a piece of bread.
  • Qǐng gěi wǒ yí kuài xī guā.
    Please give me a piece of watermelon.
  • Zhè běn shū wǔ kuài qián.
    This book is five yuan.

Grammar

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