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duī

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duī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
duī | dui1
English translation
to pile up
to heap up
a mass
pile
heap
stack
large amount
crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks

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About duī

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

duī

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of duī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土隹

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhuī represents the sound.

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Example sentences using duī

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dào 1644 Nián , zhè 残垣 cán yuán Zhōng zhǐ shèng duī 石头 shítou .

In 1644, a lone heap of stones from this remained.

不一会 bù yī huì , 老魏 de 尸体 shītǐ zhǐ shèng 白骨 bái gǔ duī le .

In moments, nothing was left of Old Wei but bare bones.

锯屑堆积如山 duī jī rú shān .

Saw - dust piled up in a great cone.

yǒu 成千 chéng qiān shǎng 广告 guǎnggào duī zài 我们 wǒmen de 门廊 mén láng shǎng .

There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.

dōng 孢子 bāo zǐ duī chéng àn 褐色 hè sè huò 黑色 hēi sè , 覆盖 fùgài zài 完整 wánzhěng de 寄生 jì shēng 表皮 biǎo pí xià 显得 xiǎnde 发亮 fā liàng .

Telia are dark brown or black, and shine from the intact host epidermal covering.

Words with duī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
duī to pile up duī
一堆 yī duī pile一堆 yī duī
堆积 duījī to pile up堆積
垃圾堆 lā jī duī garbage heap垃圾堆 lā jī duī
堆放 duī fàng to pile up堆放 duī fàng
反应堆 fǎn yìng duī reactor反應堆
堆满 duī mǎn to pile up堆滿
核反应堆 hé fǎn yìng duī nuclear reactor核反應堆
堆砌 duī qì to pack堆砌 duī qì
堆积如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom)堆積如山
火堆 huǒ duī bonfire火堆 huǒ duī
土堆 tǔ duī mound土堆 tǔ duī
堆肥 duī féi compost堆肥 duī féi
马王堆 Mǎ Wáng duī Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site馬王堆
堆叠 duī dié to pile up堆疊
堆栈 duī zhàn storehouse堆棧
故纸堆 gù zhǐ duī a pile of old books故紙堆
堆龙德庆县 Duī lóng dé qìng xiàn Doilungdêqên county, Tibetan: Stod lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨 Lā sà [Lā​sà], Tibet堆龍德慶縣

duī Decomposition & Compounds

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duī Decomposition

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