土堆 (tǔduī) · mound, heap of earth

Measure Word

一个土堆 gè

HSK 1

孩子们在土堆上玩。

Háizimen zài tǔduī shàng wán.

The children are playing on the mound of earth.

HSK 7-9

工地旁边堆着一个大土堆，一刮风就尘土飞扬。

Gōngdì pángbiān duī zhe yí ge dà tǔduī, yì guāfēng jiù chéntǔ fēiyáng.

A big mound of earth sits beside the construction site, and every time the wind blows, dust flies everywhere.

usage

堆 ("pile") makes many such nouns: 沙堆 (sand pile), 雪堆 (snowdrift), 火堆 (bonfire). In the countryside a low 土堆 in a field is often a grave, 坟.

土 tǔ

堆 duī