块儿

塊兒

kuàir

measure word #19,408

Meanings

1 piece
2 lump
3 chunk
4 yuan (colloquial, with erhua)

Characters

piece; lump; yuan (colloquial)

Examples

给我来两块儿糖。

Gěi wǒ lái liǎng kuàir táng.

Give me two pieces of candy.

这个才五块儿钱。

Zhège cái wǔ kuàir qián.

This is only five yuan.

Tips

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块儿 is the erhua (儿化) form of 块, typical of Beijing dialect and northern Mandarin. It sounds more casual and colloquial than standard 块.

Stroke Order

块 kuài

儿 ér