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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
gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone)
stone statue
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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
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
grindstone
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)
quartz
phenol C6H5OH / same as 苯酚
Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan
pomegranate
(medicine) calculus; stone
jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
(mining) coal gangue
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide
rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
excavated soil and rock / construction spoil
foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation
stone / rock
black lead / graphite / plumbago
stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way
Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
noble dendrobium (Dendrobium nobile)
obsidian (mining)
to petrify / petrochemical industry
huge rock; boulder; monolith
brick
garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
Ishihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
flint (stone)
iron and stone
bloodstone / red-fleck chalcedony / heliotrope (mineralogy)
cryolite
Yakeshi, county-level city, Mongolian Yagshi xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州, Hubei
Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
gravel / pebbles
asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)
pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite
slab / flagstone / slate
(mineralogy) feldspar
Rosetta Stone
bluestone / limestone (colloquial)
Shimian County in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
asbestos
pebble / cobblestone
stone carving / carved sculpture
terrazzo
marble
gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
Shitai, a county in Chizhou 池州, Anhui
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
Shihezi, sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang
zircon (colored crystal of zirconium silicate ZrSiO4)
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
falling stone
(mining) gangue
pumice
magnet
fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor
Shiping county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
dolomite
stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:
stonemason
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light
sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate
cave; cavern
Shijingshan, an inner district of west Beijing
Shilong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot
solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding
female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect)
paraffin wax
stalactite
stone step
stalagmite
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work

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