一块块

一塊塊

yíkuàikuài

phrase #29,594

Meanings

1 piece by piece; in chunks; in blocks

Characters

piece; chunk; lump (measure word)

Examples

HSK 3

他把蛋糕一块块地分给大家。

Tā bǎ dàngāo yíkuàikuài de fēn gěi dàjiā.

He divided the cake piece by piece and gave it to everyone.

HSK 5

工人把石头一块块搬上山。

Gōngrén bǎ shítou yíkuàikuài bān shàngshān.

The workers carried the stones up the mountain one by one.

Tips

grammar

一块块 is a reduplication pattern using the measure word 块. It emphasizes that something is done or exists in repeated individual units. The pattern is 一 + MW + MW.

Stroke Order

一 yī

块 kuài