组块

組塊

zǔkuài

noun

Measure Word

一个组块 gè

Meanings

1 chunk
2 (cognitive psychology) chunk of information

Characters

group; to organize

Examples

记忆电话号码时，我们会自然地把数字分成组块。

Jìyì diànhuà hàomǎ shí, wǒmen huì zìránde bǎ shùzì fēnchéng zǔkuài.

When memorizing phone numbers, we naturally break the digits into chunks.

短期记忆一次大约能容纳七个组块。

Duǎnqí jìyì yí cì dàyuē néng róngnà qī gè zǔkuài.

Short-term memory can hold about seven chunks at a time.

Tips

usage

A technical term from psychology and language pedagogy, calqued from English 'chunk' (George Miller's classic 'magic number 7±2'). Outside textbooks you'll rarely meet it.

Stroke Order

组 zǔ

块 kuài