堆砌

Chinese

		a pile; a mass; heap a pile; a mass; heap; stack	to build by laying bricks or stones
simp. and trad. (堆砌)		堆	砌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duīqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi¹ cai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tui-chhè / tui-chhiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duīqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dueicì
    • Wade–Giles: tui¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: dwēi-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueichih
    • Palladius: дуйци (dujci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi¹ cai³
    • Yale: dēui chai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey¹ tsai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu¹ cei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tui-chhè
    • Tâi-lô: tui-tshè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duizhex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui³³ t͡sʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tui-chhiat
    • Tâi-lô: tui-tshiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duichiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui³³ t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵/

Verb

堆砌

1. to pile up something in order to build something; to build (by stacking up)

   孩子們在海灘邊用沙子堆砌城堡。 [MSC, trad.]
   孩子们在海滩边用沙子堆砌城堡。 [MSC, simp.]

   Háizi men zài hǎitān biān yòng shāzi duīqì chéngbǎo. [Pinyin]

   The children are building sandcastles on the beach.

2. (figurative, derogatory) to fill one's writing with florid and fancy phrases such as purple prose