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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
化石 huàshí	化石 \| 化石* \| *化石	fossil	HSK 6


岩石 yánshí	岩石 \| 岩石* \| *岩石	rock	HSK 6


钻石 zuànshí	钻石 \| 钻石* \| *钻石	diamond / CL: 顆｜颗	鑽石 HSK 6


宝石 bǎoshí	宝石 \| 宝石* \| *宝石	precious stone / gem / CL: 枚, 顆｜颗	寶石


石 Shí	石 \| 石* \| *石	surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊｜石家庄


石 dàn	石 \| 石* \| *石	dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]


石 shí	石 \| 石* \| *石	rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音


磐石 Pánshí	磐石 \| 磐石* \| *磐石	Panshi, county-level city in Jilin prefecture 吉林, Jilin province


磐石 pánshí	磐石 \| 磐石* \| *磐石	boulder


火石 huǒshí	火石 \| 火石* \| *火石	flint (stone)


玉石 yùshí	玉石 \| 玉石* \| *玉石	jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad


碎石 suìshí	碎石 \| 碎石* \| *碎石	gravel; crushed rock; rock debris


黄石 Huángshí	黄石 \| 黄石* \| *黄石	Huangshi prefecture-level city in Hubei	黃石


磁石 císhí	磁石 \| 磁石* \| *磁石	magnet


矿石 kuàngshí	矿石 \| 矿石* \| *矿石	ore	礦石


英石 yīngdàn	英石 \| 英石* \| *英石	stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms))


英石 yīngshí	英石 \| 英石* \| *英石	ornamental limestone rock (供石) from Yingde 英德, Guangdong


离石 Líshí	离石 \| 离石* \| *离石	Lishi district of Lüliang city 呂梁市｜吕梁市, Shanxi 山西	離石


大理石 dàlǐshí	大理石 \| 大理石* \| *大理石	marble


金石 jīnshí	金石 \| 金石* \| *金石	metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze


结石 jiéshí	结石 \| 结石* \| *结石	(medicine) calculus; stone	結石


基石 jīshí	基石 \| 基石* \| *基石	foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation


砂石 shāshí	砂石 \| 砂石* \| *砂石	sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate


巨石 jùshí	巨石 \| 巨石* \| *巨石	huge rock; boulder; monolith


辉石 huīshí	辉石 \| 辉石* \| *辉石	pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite	輝石


灵石 Língshí	灵石 \| 灵石* \| *灵石	Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中｜晋中, Shanxi	靈石


墓石 mùshí	墓石 \| 墓石* \| *墓石	tombstone; gravestone


蛇纹石 shéwénshí	蛇纹石 \| 蛇纹石* \| *蛇纹石	serpentine (geology)	蛇紋石


沙石 shāshí	沙石 \| 沙石* \| *沙石	sand and stones


青石 qīngshí	青石 \| 青石* \| *青石	bluestone / limestone (colloquial)


矸石 gānshí	矸石 \| 矸石* \| *矸石	waste rock (mining) / gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore)


鹅卵石 éluǎnshí	鹅卵石 \| 鹅卵石* \| *鹅卵石	pebble / cobblestone	鵝卵石


礁石 jiāoshí	礁石 \| 礁石* \| *礁石	reef


萤石 yíngshí	萤石 \| 萤石* \| *萤石	fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor	螢石


绊脚石 bànjiǎoshí	绊脚石 \| 绊脚石* \| *绊脚石	stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way	絆腳石


水磨石 shuǐmóshí	水磨石 \| 水磨石* \| *水磨石	terrazzo


滑石 huáshí	滑石 \| 滑石* \| *滑石	talc


落井下石 luòjǐngxiàshí	落井下石 \| 落井下石* \| *落井下石	to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down


锆石 gàoshí	锆石 \| 锆石* \| *锆石	zircon (colored crystal of zirconium silicate ZrSiO4)	鋯石


石榴石 shíliushí	石榴石 \| 石榴石* \| *石榴石	garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)


齐白石 Qí Báishí	齐白石 \| 齐白石* \| *齐白石	Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter	齊白石


乱石 luànshí	乱石 \| 乱石* \| *乱石	rocks / stones / rubble / riprap	亂石


卵石 luǎnshí	卵石 \| 卵石* \| *卵石	cobble; cobblestone; pebble


滚石 Gǔnshí	滚石 \| 滚石* \| *滚石	Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)	滾石


铁石 tiěshí	铁石 \| 铁石* \| *铁石	iron and stone	鐵石


长石 chángshí	长石 \| 长石* \| *长石	stone beam / horizontal slab of stone / feldspar or felspar (geology)	長石


冰晶石 bīngjīngshí	冰晶石 \| 冰晶石* \| *冰晶石	cryolite


牙克石 Yákèshí	牙克石 \| 牙克石* \| *牙克石	Yakeshi, county-level city, Mongolian Yagshi xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾｜呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia


硅灰石 guīhuīshí	硅灰石 \| 硅灰石* \| *硅灰石	wollastonite CaSiO3


砾石 lìshí	砾石 \| 砾石* \| *砾石	gravel / pebbles	礫石


柱石 zhùshí	柱石 \| 柱石* \| *柱石	pillar


磨石 móshí	磨石 \| 磨石* \| *磨石	whetstone / millstone


蛭石 zhìshí	蛭石 \| 蛭石* \| *蛭石	vermiculite


试金石 shìjīnshí	试金石 \| 试金石* \| *试金石	touchstone / fig. test that sth is genuine	試金石


白云石 báiyúnshí	白云石 \| 白云石* \| *白云石	dolomite	白雲石


坚如磐石 jiānrúpánshí	坚如磐石 \| 坚如磐石* \| *坚如磐石	solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding	堅如磐石


花岗石 huāgāngshí	花岗石 \| 花岗石* \| *花岗石	granite	花崗石


磷灰石 línhuīshí	磷灰石 \| 磷灰石* \| *磷灰石	apatite / phosphatic limestone


方解石 fāngjiěshí	方解石 \| 方解石* \| *方解石	calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)


浮石 fúshí	浮石 \| 浮石* \| *浮石	pumice


盘石 pánshí	盘石 \| 盘石* \| *盘石	variant of 磐石	盤石


滴水穿石 dīshuǐchuānshí	滴水穿石 \| 滴水穿石* \| *滴水穿石	dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.


橄榄石 gǎnlǎnshí	橄榄石 \| 橄榄石* \| *橄榄石	olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot	橄欖石


吸铁石 xītiěshí	吸铁石 \| 吸铁石* \| *吸铁石	a magnet / same as 磁鐵｜磁铁	吸鐵石


电气石 diànqìshí	电气石 \| 电气石* \| *电气石	tourmaline	電氣石


硅石 guīshí	硅石 \| 硅石* \| *硅石	siliceous rock


蛋白石 dànbáishí	蛋白石 \| 蛋白石* \| *蛋白石	opal


鸡血石 jīxuèshí	鸡血石 \| 鸡血石* \| *鸡血石	bloodstone / red-fleck chalcedony / heliotrope (mineralogy)	雞血石


赭石 zhěshí	赭石 \| 赭石* \| *赭石	ocher (pigment)


硝石 xiāoshí	硝石 \| 硝石* \| *硝石	niter / saltpeter / potassium nitrate KNO3


燧石 suìshí	燧石 \| 燧石* \| *燧石	flint


夏目漱石 Xiàmù Shùshí	夏目漱石 \| 夏目漱石* \| *夏目漱石	Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelists


碑石 bēishí	碑石 \| 碑石* \| *碑石	stele / vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions


砚石 yànshí	砚石 \| 砚石* \| *砚石	ink stone / ink slab	硯石


脉石 màishí	脉石 \| 脉石* \| *脉石	(mining) gangue / veinstone	脈石


天青石 tiānqīngshí	天青石 \| 天青石* \| *天青石	lapis lazuli


河卵石 héluǎnshí	河卵石 \| 河卵石* \| *河卵石	pebble


尖石 Jiānshí	尖石 \| 尖石* \| *尖石	Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣｜新竹县, northwest Taiwan


磨脚石 mójiǎoshí	磨脚石 \| 磨脚石* \| *磨脚石	pumice stone	磨腳石


光卤石 guānglǔshí	光卤石 \| 光卤石* \| *光卤石	carnallite (hydrated potassium magnesium chloride mineral)	光鹵石


投井下石 tóujǐngxiàshí	投井下石 \| 投井下石* \| *投井下石	to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down


安如磐石 ānrúpánshí	安如磐石 \| 安如磐石* \| *安如磐石	as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses


闪石 shǎnshí	闪石 \| 闪石* \| *闪石	amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)	閃石


粪石 fènshí	粪石 \| 粪石* \| *粪石	coprolite	糞石


赏石 shǎngshí	赏石 \| 赏石* \| *赏石	see 供石	賞石


蒋介石 Jiǎng Jièshí	蒋介石 \| 蒋介石* \| *蒋介石	Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975	蔣介石


东石 Dōngshí	东石 \| 东石* \| *东石	Dongshi or Tungshih Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣｜嘉义县, west Taiwan	東石


礌石 lèishí	礌石 \| 礌石* \| *礌石	(old) stones that can be rolled down onto an attacking enemy


锡石 xīshí	锡石 \| 锡石* \| *锡石	tin oxide SnO2 / cassiterite / tinstone	錫石


活化石 huóhuàshí	活化石 \| 活化石* \| *活化石	living fossil


磷石 línshí	磷石 \| 磷石* \| *磷石	muscovite, mica (used in TCM); Muscovitum


皂石 zàoshí	皂石 \| 皂石* \| *皂石	soapstone


沸石 fèishí	沸石 \| 沸石* \| *沸石	zeolite


落石 luòshí	落石 \| 落石* \| *落石	falling stone


陨石 yǔnshí	陨石 \| 陨石* \| *陨石	meteorite / aerolite / CL: 塊｜块, 顆｜颗	隕石


钟乳石 zhōngrǔshí	钟乳石 \| 钟乳石* \| *钟乳石	stalactite	鐘乳石


松石 sōngshí	松石 \| 松石* \| *松石	turquoise (gemstone)


乔石 Qiáo Shí	乔石 \| 乔石* \| *乔石	Qiao Shi (1924-2015), Chinese politician	喬石


氟石 fúshí	氟石 \| 氟石* \| *氟石	fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor


砭石 biānshí	砭石 \| 砭石* \| *砭石	stone needle used in acupuncture

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