What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 板块 mean?

板块 bǎnkuài

(geology) tectonic plate

It can also mean

  • sector (of the stock market); section (of a website)

Its characters

  1. 板 bǎn board
  2. 块 kuài classifier for pieces, lumps, chunks

In a sentence

地震常发生在板块交界处。 Earthquakes often occur where tectonic plates meet.

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