brick (dialectal)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
brick (general term in some dialects)
dialectUsed in certain regional dialects as the general word for 'brick', equivalent to standard 砖 or 砖块. The neutral tone (tou) distinguishes it from the standard reading zhuāntóu (broken brick).
Zhè这
kuài块
zhuān砖
tou头
zhēn真
chén沉
，
bān搬
bu不
dòng动
。
This brick is really heavy; I can't move it.
Qiáng墙
jiǎo角
duī堆
zhe着
jǐ几
luò摞
zhuān砖
tou头
。
Several stacks of bricks are piled in the corner.