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HSK
oil / petroleum
HSK 3
stone / CL: 塊|块
HSK 3
precious stone; gem / CL: , 顆|颗
HSK 4
fossil
HSK 5
meteorite / aerolite / CL: 塊|块, 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
diamond / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
rock
HSK 7-9
reef
HSK 7-9
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light
HSK 7-9
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
Shiquan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
(mining) gangue / veinstone
Epinephelus septemfasciatus
pomegranate
(Tw) pebble-wash finish; exposed aggregate surface (construction technique using cement mixed with small stones, then washed to expose the pebbles)
turquoise (gemstone)
jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
(bird species of China) ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone)
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  *石* | 石* | *石
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, the capital of Hebei
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  *石* | 石* | *石
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou ; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]
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  *石* | 石* | *石
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
limestone
Lishi district of Lüliang city 呂梁市|吕梁市, Shanxi 山西
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
stone / rock
grindstone
goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes)
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
stone statue
quartz
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
highly eligible bachelor / desirable male partner
Chevron Corporation
phenol C6H5OH / same as 苯酚
reindeer moss / litmus (chemistry)
pebble
Marble Boat, famous pavilion
pumice
stalactite
(mining) coal gangue
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
heath
landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide
Shihezi, sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang
excavated soil and rock / construction spoil
foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation
black lead / graphite / plumbago
stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way
noble dendrobium (Dendrobium nobile)
obsidian (mining)
to petrify / petrochemical industry
huge rock; boulder; monolith
brick
cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经 as state canon
Ishihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
flint (stone)
iron and stone
bloodstone / red-fleck chalcedony / heliotrope (mineralogy)
Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
gravel / pebbles
asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)
Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
slab / flagstone / slate
(mineralogy) feldspar
Rosetta Stone
bluestone / limestone (colloquial)
turquoise (gemstone) / also written 松石
a crack in a rock
Shimian County in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
asbestos
earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work
pebble / cobblestone
stone carving / carved sculpture
terrazzo
marble
gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
Panshi county in Jilin
Shizuishan district of Shizuishan, Ningxia
sand and stones
apatite / phosphatic limestone
Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
stela / upright stone / obelisk
talc
Shiquan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
stone inscription / carved stone
to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
zircon (colored crystal of zirconium silicate ZrSiO4)
falling stone

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