HSK 6 · Verbs

堆积 duījī “to pile up” in Chinese

Traditional 堆積

What 堆积 means

  1. to pile up
  2. to accumulate
  3. to heap
  4. accumulation

How to say 堆积

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale堆duī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale积jī1st tone, high and level

堆积 in a sentence

  1. 桌子上堆积着很多书。

    Zhuōzi shàng duījī zhe hěn duō shū.

    Lots of books are piled up on the desk.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 工作越堆积越多。

    Gōngzuò yuè duījī yuè duō.

    The work keeps piling up.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 堆积 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 堆 (duī) with each of its parts in a different colour
堆duīto pile up
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with duī.

The character 积 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 只only · zhǐSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 只 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.

How to write 堆积

堆 11 strokes · 积 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

堆积 (duījī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 堆积 (duījī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 堆积

Words with 堆

堆duī · to pile up

Words with 积

积累jīlěi · to accumulate积极jījí · active面积miànjī · area (of a floor or piece of land)体积tǐjī · volume

More words: Common Verbs

东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions端duān · to carry (level with both hands)断绝duànjué · to break off对付duìfu · to deal with对抗duìkàng · to resist杜绝dùjué · to put an end to堕落duòluò · to degenerate堵塞dǔsè · to block

FAQs

堆积 (duījī) means “to pile up” or “to accumulate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duījī: duī with a 1st tone, then jī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 堆积 is written 堆積. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 堆积 from the suggestions. Typing duiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
堆积 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.