铁块

鐵塊

tiěkuài

noun #37,188

Measure Word

一块铁块 kuài

Meanings

1 a chunk of iron
2 iron lump
3 ingot of iron

Characters

Examples

他用大锤把这块铁块砸扁了。

Tā yòng dàchuí bǎ zhè kuài tiěkuài zá biǎn le.

He flattened this chunk of iron with a sledgehammer.

磁铁吸住了那个铁块。

Cítiě xī zhùle nàge tiěkuài.

The magnet attached itself to that lump of iron.

Tips

usage

铁块 is a transparent compound — 铁 (iron) + 块 (chunk/lump) — and follows the productive pattern X + 块 for solid lumps of material: 木块 (block of wood), 石块 (chunk of stone), 冰块 (ice cube).

Stroke Order

铁 tiě

块 kuài