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泥瓦匠

níwǎjiàng
noun #44,408

Measure Word

一个泥瓦匠 gè

Meanings

  1. 1 bricklayer
  2. 2 plasterer; tiler
  3. 3 mason

Examples

HSK 5
我爷爷年轻时是一个泥瓦匠，村里不少房子都是他盖的。
Wǒ yéye niánqīng shí shì yí ge níwǎjiàng, cūn lǐ bùshǎo fángzi dōu shì tā gài de.
My grandfather was a bricklayer when he was young, and many of the houses in the village were built by him.
HSK 7-9
泥瓦匠正在给新房子砌墙。
Níwǎjiàng zhèngzài gěi xīn fángzi qì qiáng.
The bricklayer is putting up the walls of the new house.

Tips

usage
A 泥瓦匠, also just 瓦匠, does the wet work of building: laying bricks (砌砖), plastering walls (抹墙) and laying roof tiles. The old literary word is 圬者.

Stroke Order

泥 ní
瓦 wǎ
匠 jiàng