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HSK
oil / petroleum
HSK 3
stone / CL: 塊|块
HSK 3
gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone)
stone statue
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surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, the capital of Hebei
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dry measure for grain equal to ten dou ; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]
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rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
grindstone
quartz
phenol C6H5OH / same as 苯酚
pomegranate
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
stone / rock
black lead / graphite / plumbago
noble dendrobium (Dendrobium nobile)
to petrify / petrochemical industry
garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
Ishihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州, Hubei
asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)
slab / flagstone / slate
Shimian County in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
asbestos
stone carving / carved sculpture
Shitai, a county in Chizhou 池州, Anhui
Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
stela / upright stone / obelisk
Shiquan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
stone inscription / carved stone
Shihezi, sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang
Shiping county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:
stonemason
cave; cavern
Shijingshan, an inner district of west Beijing
Shilong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect)
paraffin wax
stone step
stalagmite
earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work
reindeer moss / litmus (chemistry)
China pink / Dianthus chinensis (botany)
rock-paper-scissors (hand game)
Sêrxü county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet) / name of several historical figures
stone channel (e.g. drain)
lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response
Lycopodiopsida (club mosses)
sarcophagus
Shiqian, a county in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue
Shicheng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
lithography / lithographic printing
Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
stonemasonry / stonemason
Ishikawa (Japanese surname and place name)
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
stalactite
stone roller
Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区 of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市, Ningxia
Marble Boat, famous pavilion
Gelidium amansii, species of red algae from which agar is extracted
coal (old)
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
Shijushan or Shizuishan (place name) / variant of Shizuishan 石嘴山, prefecture-level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia
Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms 後趙|后赵 (319-350)
talcum powder
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
masonry workshop
rock garden
slab
gargoyle / grotesque
heather (Ericaceae)
Shijiazhuang, prefecture-level city and capital of Hebei Province 河北省
graphene
cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经 as state canon
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
stony
limestone
The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦
(bird species of China) rock sparrow (Petronia petronia)
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet
Shixenze shehiri (Shixenze city) or Shíhézǐ subprefecture level city in north Xinjiang
rock salt
petroleum ether
Shicheng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
quartz vein
quartz watch
Shishi, county-level city in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian
Shek Kong (area in Hong Kong)
plaster cast
(bird species of China) chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)
"shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai
stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits

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