zhuān

brick

tile (floor or wall, not roof); CL:塊|块[kuai4]

stone (石) + sound zhuān (专) = brick

石 grounds the meaning in stone and hard material, which is exactly what a brick is. 专 contributes mainly the sound zhuān, not the sense of specialization.

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这堵墙是用砌成的。

zhè dǔ qiáng shì yòng zhuān qì chéng de。

This wall is built with bricks.

工人把一块块整齐地铺在地上。

gōng rén bǎ yī kuài kuài zhuān zhěng qí de pū zài dì shàng。

The workers laid the bricks neatly on the ground one by one.

Words with 砖

金砖

jīn zhuān

(bound form) BRICS

金砖国家

jīn zhuān guó jiā

BRICS (economic bloc)

镁砖

měi zhuān

magnesium brick (refractory material)

黑砖窑

hēi zhuān yáo

lit. black brick kiln

冰砖

bīng zhuān

ice-cream brick

地板砖

dì bǎn zhuān

floor tile

地砖

dì zhuān

floor tile

导盲砖

dǎo máng zhuān

(Tw) tactile paving tile

引玉之砖

yǐn yù zhī zhuān

lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)

抛砖

pāo zhuān

to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])

抛砖引玉

pāo zhuān yǐn yù

lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)

拍砖

pāi zhuān

(slang) to throw brickbats

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