He's playing Tetris.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
方块
cube; block; square
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
cube; block; square
02
diamond ♦ (in card games)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 方块 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 方块 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She's playing Tetris.
I learned to use a command block today.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 方块.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 方块.
Directly before
- 俄罗斯方块2
- 命令方块1
Directly after
- 方块了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 方块
What does 方块 mean in Chinese?
方块 (fāngkuài) means cube; block; square.
How do you pronounce 方块?
方块 is pronounced fāngkuài.
Is 方块 an HSK word?
方块 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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