Measure word
- 块 kuài lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and... attested in use
- 听 tīng to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English tin); classifier for canned beverages; to let be... attested in use
- 片 piàn disk; sheet attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 8 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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一盘抓饭配一些烤肉串就是人间天堂。
A plate of pilaf with some kebabs is heaven on earth.
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他不喜欢鱼肉。
He doesn't like fish.
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他用刀切了肉。
He cut the meat with a knife.
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他的腿部肌肉在他卧床不起的七个月中萎缩了。
The muscles in his legs had atrophied during the seven months he was bedridden.
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他給這隻狗一些肉。
He gives some meat to the dog.
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但是我不会烤烤肉串!
But I don't know how to cook kebabs!
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你们吃肉吗?
Do you eat meat?
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你可以用肉眼观星,用望远镜的话,还能看得更清楚。
You can see the stars with your naked eye, and even better through a telescope.