草堆

cǎoduī

noun #30,211

Measure Word

一堆草堆 duī

Meanings

1 haystack
2 pile of straw or grass

Characters

Examples

孩子们在草堆里打滚。

Háizimen zài cǎoduī lǐ dǎgǔn.

The kids rolled around in the haystack.

他把书藏在草堆下面。

Tā bǎ shū cáng zài cǎoduī xiàmiàn.

He hid the book under the haystack.

Tips

memory

草 (grass) + 堆 (heap / pile) = a heap of grass = haystack. The character 堆 itself shows 土 (earth) + 隹 (a short-tailed bird), originally meaning a small mound.

Stroke Order

草 cǎo

堆 duī