草堆

cǎoduī

noun #30,211

Measure Word

一堆草 duī

Meanings

1 haystack
2 pile of straw or grass

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

孩子们在草堆里打滚。

Háizi men zài cǎoduī lǐ dǎgǔn.

The kids rolled around in the haystack.

HSK 5

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