砌墙 (qìqiáng): to build a wall (by laying bric…

Meanings

1 to build a wall (by laying bricks)
2 to masonry a partition

Characters

砌

Examples

工人正在砌墙。

Gōngrén zhèngzài qìqiáng.

The workers are building the wall.

我想砌一堵墙把厨房和客厅隔开。

Wǒ xiǎng qì yì dǔ qiáng bǎ chúfáng hé kètīng gé kāi.

I want to build a wall to separate the kitchen from the living room.

Tips

memory

砌 specifically means laying bricks/stones with mortar — contrast with 建 (build generally) or 修 (construct). The 石 radical in 砌 points straight at masonry.

Stroke Order

砌 qì

墙 qiáng

Related Words

电视墙 diànshìqiáng

TV wall (decorative feature wall behind the television) / TV backdrop wall / video wall (multi-screen display)

砌 qì #20,768

to build by laying bricks or stones / to pave / to construct (a wall)

拆东墙补西墙 chāidōngqiángbǔxīqiáng

to tear down the east wall to patch the west wall / to rob Peter to pay Paul / a makeshift solution that creates a new problem

打墙 dǎqiáng

to knock down a wall / to demolish an interior wall (renovation)

刷墙 shuāqiáng

to paint a wall / to whitewash a wall

墙壁 qiángbì HSK 5 #6,781

wall

墙角数枝梅 qiángjiǎoshùzhīméi

a few sprays of plum at the corner of the wall / Wang Anshi's opening image — plum blossoms in a forgotten corner, quietly blooming through winter

墙砖 qiángzhuān

wall tile