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Character Decomposition
堆=土+隹
Etymology
earth
Meanings
to pile up
to heap up
a mass
pile
heap
stack
large amount
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Words with 堆 99 total
(of people) to flock together; to congregate扎堆zhā duīpile; heap; a lot of; a bunch of一堆yī duīmound土堆tǔ duīto pile up · accumulative堆垒duī lěito pile up; to stack堆放duī fàngstack (computing) · storehouse · warehouse堆栈duī zhànto pile up堆满duī mǎnto pile up · to put layer upon layer · (Tw) (computing) stack堆叠duī diélit. to pile up (bricks) · to pack · fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) · ornate rhetoric堆砌duī qìto pile up · to heap · accumulation堆积duī jīcompost · to compost堆肥duī féireactor core堆芯duī xīnto stockpile料堆liào duīwet piling, aka wet pile fermentation (a stage in the production of certain types of tea, notably 熟普洱茶, ripe Pu'er tea)渥堆wò duībonfire · to open fire火堆huǒ duīpapers · stack of paper纸堆zhǐ duīreactor反应堆fǎn yìng duīto assess an entire lot估堆儿gū duī ra pile of old books故纸堆gù zhǐ duīarchaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC三星堆Sān xīng duī
Idioms with 堆 12 total Chain
lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work堆案盈几duī àn yíng jīto pile up like a mountain (idiom) · a mountain of (paperwork etc) · a large number of sth堆积如山duī jī rú shānlit. pile up gold and jade · very rich堆金积玉duī jīn jī yùa pile of old books故纸堆gù zhǐ duīto dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers钻故纸堆zuān gù zhǐ duī
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