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堆 duī crowd

crowd; heap; pile; mass; to pile up

How to remember 堆: 土 earth + 隹 pigeon = crowd. A boy tosses bread crumbs onto the earth in the park, and every pigeon in town lands in one big crowd.

  • HSK 5
  • 11 strokes
  • Radical 土

Component breakdown

堆 = 土 earth + 隹 pigeon

  • 土 earth
  • 隹 pigeon
The Gushi story

A boy tosses bread crumbs onto the earth in the park, and every pigeon in town lands in one big crowd.

How it is used

  • Measure word for messy piles: 一堆问题 (yī duī wèntí) - a pile of problems, often used casually to complain about excess or clutter.
  • As a verb, 堆 means to pile something up: 把书堆在桌上 (bǎ shū duī zài zhuō shàng) - pile the books on the desk.
  • 堆积 (duījī) is the more formal/written version, common in phrases like 堆积如山 (duījī rú shān) - piled up like a mountain, for a huge backlog.
  • The measure-word use (一堆 + noun) is very frequent in everyday spoken complaints.

Words with 堆

Example sentences

  • 船上堆满了货物。 Chuán shàng duī mǎn le huòwùThe ship is fully loaded with cargo.