砖头 (zhuāntou): brick

Measure Word

一块砖头 kuài

Meanings

1 brick

Characters

Examples

工人搬了一车砖头。

Gōngrén bān le yī chē zhuāntou.

The workers carried a truckload of bricks.

Tips

usage

砖头 is the colloquial form (with the noun suffix 头). The formal/written form is just 砖 (zhuān). Slang: 搬砖 (bān zhuān, 'to carry bricks') means to do menial/grueling work.

Stroke Order

砖 zhuān

头 tóu

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