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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duīqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟㄑㄧˋ
  - 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 (Quanzhou): /tui³³ t͡ɕʰiɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiɛt̚³²/

Verb

堆砌

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

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