一块块

一塊塊

yīkuàikuài

phrase #29,594

Meanings

1 piece by piece; in chunks; in blocks

Characters

piece; chunk; lump (measure word)

piece; chunk (reduplicated for emphasis)

Examples

他把蛋糕一块块地分给大家。

Tā bǎ dàngāo yī kuài kuài de fēn gěi dàjiā.

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

工人把石头一块块搬上山。

Gōngrén bǎ shítou yī kuài kuài bān shàng shān.

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