砖

磚

zhuān

noun HSK 7 #7,678

Measure Word

一块砖 kuài

Meanings

1 brick
2 tile

Characters

Examples

这座房子是用砖砌成的。

Zhè zuò fángzi shì yòng zhuān qì chéng de.

This house is built with bricks.

工人们在搬砖。

Gōngrénmen zài bān zhuān.

The workers are carrying bricks.

Tips

usage

搬砖 (bān zhuān) literally means 'carry bricks' but is slang for doing hard, repetitive work — similar to 'grinding' in English.

Stroke Order

砖 zhuān