porcelain or ceramic tile used for flooring or walls; usually glazed and easy to clean

rectangular block of fired or sun-dried clay used for building

A hard tile made of ceramic, stone, or synthetic materials used for paving floors, typically square in shape

Blue-gray or blackish clay brick used for building walls

brickyard; brickfield; a place where bricks are manufactured

rectangular building material made of fired clay

a wall built from bricks

to offer one's own modest or humble remarks to spark more valuable ideas or contributions from others; often used as a polite self-deprecating expression

literally meaning to contribute bricks and tiles for a building; used to describe contributing one's modest efforts toward a larger cause or project

A brick used to knock on a door; metaphorically refers to a tool or means used to gain fame, wealth, or to achieve a specific goal.

A lightweight brick with one or more holes in the center, used in construction for thermal insulation and soundproofing.

An adobe or clay brick that has been shaped but not yet hardened in a kiln

The traditional craft of carving patterns and images into brick, or a finished work of such carving; widely used to decorate tombs, temples, and residential buildings since the Song Dynasty.

Special brick made of clay or other refractory materials that can withstand high temperatures; used for lining furnaces, kilns, and fireplaces.

A decorative brick or tile with colored patterns, primarily used for flooring.

Tea leaves pressed into the shape of a brick; also called [[茶砖|茶磚|cha2 zhuan1]]

a brick-shaped frozen dessert made from milk, juice, and sugar

a brick-shaped glass building material, often hollow, used for walls because of its insulation and light-transmitting properties

tea leaves compressed into the shape of a brick

brick-shaped block of coal made by mixing coal dust with water and clay, used as fuel or for making coke

To lay bricks; the act of bricklaying

bricks and tiles; a general term for building materials such as brick blocks and roof tiles

crushed brick; a piece of broken brick

brick kiln; a factory or site where bricks are fired in a kiln

magnesium-based refractory brick mainly composed of magnesium oxide

(idiom) a modest suggestion or rough opinion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas; often used as a humble way of referring to one's own work

lateritic soil; also known as cabook

cork tile or cork flooring

literally a single brick and a single tile; refers to small or ordinary things that make up a whole, often used to describe building something from the ground up or having deep feelings for a place

A two-part allegorical saying ([[歇后语|歇後語|xie1 hou4 yu3]]) meaning to provoke public outrage; based on a pun where the word for "manure" ([[粪|糞|fen4]]) sounds like the word for "indignation" ([[愤|憤|fen4]]); throwing a brick into a public toilet splashes everyone with waste

to become completely inoperable due to a serious software error or failed firmware update, usually referring to an electronic device

A block or sheet of material, such as ceramic, stone, or plastic, used for paving indoor floors; also called [[地砖|地磚|di4 zhuan1]]

paving block with raised patterns (such as bars or dots) designed to guide visually impaired pedestrians by indicating direction or warning of hazards

(bound form) to start a discussion or get things moving; used as an abbreviation of [[抛砖引玉|拋磚引玉|pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4]]

(internet slang) to post a critical or opposing opinion on a forum or social media; to throw brickbats

to work at a low-paying job that requires heavy manual labor; often used humorously to describe one's own daily grind or office work

to lift a rock only to drop it on one's own feet; to hurt oneself by one's own actions

to hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang

to restore an electronic device such as a smartphone or console to a functional state after it has been disabled

a brick with a square face; a quadrel

(dialect) a standard wall brick

marker brick used in construction; keystone

unburnt brick made of sun-dried mud

Special brick made of heat-resistant material used for lining furnaces, kilns, or fireplaces; also known as [[耐火砖|耐火磚|nai4 huo3 zhuan1]]

A specialized tile used on sidewalks with raised patterns such as lines or dots to help visually impaired people navigate or identify hazards.

bricklayer; brick mason

bricklayer; tiler; brick-maker

A type of ancient Chinese tomb built using brick chambers; larger hollow bricks were common from the late Warring States to the Western Han, while smaller rectangular bricks became prevalent starting in the mid-Western Han.