Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
砖
zhuān
Description
砖是一种用来盖房子的东西，通常是红色的，形状是长方形。
A 砖 is something used to build houses, usually red and rectangular in shape.
工人们用砖和水泥一块一块地建墙。
Workers build walls brick by brick using 砖 and cement.
Meanings
砖zhuān
brick, used for building
这堵墙是用红砖做的。
This wall is made of red bricks.
砖zhuān
brick-shaped block of something
桌子上放着一块茶砖。
There is a tea brick on the table.
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Notes
- Nuance
砖 usually needs a measure word 块 (kuài), as in 一块砖.
- Etymology
the 石 radical shows it relates to stone or hard mineral materials.
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