堆积

堆積

duījī

verb #18,891

Meanings

1 to pile up
2 to heap
3 to accumulate

Characters

Literally 'pile-accumulate' — things building up in a heap.

Examples

桌上堆积着一大堆文件。

Zhuōshàng duījī zhe yídà duī wénjiàn.

A huge pile of documents is heaped up on the desk.

问题堆积到现在才处理。

Wèntí duījī dào xiànzài cái chǔlǐ.

Problems accumulated until now before being dealt with.

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usage

堆积 can be used literally (physical piling) or figuratively (problems, work, emotions accumulating). The idiom 堆积如山 (piled up like a mountain) describes an overwhelming amount.

Stroke Order

堆 duī

积 jī