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| | ballast stone; (fig.) source of stability | |
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| | pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. one action, two gains (idiom) / fig. two birds with one stone | |
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| | foundation stone; cornerstone / (fig.) basis; foundation | |
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| | stone (of a fruit); pit | |
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| | pearls / jewels / precious stones | HSK 6 |
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| | lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine | |
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| | lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone | |
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| | stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career | |
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| | Stonehenge / Salisbury stone circle | |
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| | (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain | |
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| | short distance / a stone's throw away | |
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| | to capture stones (in Go) | |
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| | to kill two birds with one stone (idiom) | |
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| | 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. | |
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| | (arch.) precious stone | |
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| | (arch.) large stone / boulder / hard | |
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| | twisted / spiral / uneven stones | |
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| | ink stone / ink slab / CL: 方 | |
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| | stone inscription / carved stone | |
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| | to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process | |
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| | to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Stone Age | |
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| | flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of | HSK 7-9 |
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| | stone pit / quarry | |
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| | kidney stone | |
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| | a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL: 塊｜块, 面 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sand and stones | |
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| | catapult / ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks) | |
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| | lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds | |
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| | lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones / improvise by trial-and-error / move cautiously | |
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| | lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom) / fig. heartless | |
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| | philosopher's stone | |
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| | stone roller / roller and millstone / to grind / to crush / to husk | |
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| | 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. | |
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| | rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc | |
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| | to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom) | |
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| | lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively | |
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| | The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢｜红楼梦 | |
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| | 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. | |
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| | rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 | |
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| | lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response | |
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| | stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank | |
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| | rocks / stones / rubble / riprap | |
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| | jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad | |
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| | lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune | |
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| | semi-precious stone | |
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| | stoning (execution method) | |
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| | to mill / to grind / grinding stone | |
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| | (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋｜围棋 | |
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| | Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan | |
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| | stone channel (e.g. drain) | |
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| | (stone) | |
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| | cliff-ledge / stone step | |
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| | falling stone | |
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| | dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power | |
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| | pit (stone of a fruit) | |
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| | inscription on stone tablet | |
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| | engraving knife; carving knife (for wood, stone etc) | |
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| | (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits | |
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| | (idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field | |
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| | lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself | |
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| | to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment | |
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| | stone carving / carved sculpture | |
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| | case for an ink stone or ink slab | |
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| | to place a stone on the board (in Go) | |
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| | lit. (music instruments made of) metal, stone, string, and bamboo (idiom) / fig. traditional Chinese music instruments | |
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| | to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling | |
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| | ink stone made of pottery | |
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| | lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom) / fig. no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere | |
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| | traveler / wanderer / vagabond / rolling stone | |
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| | Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) | |
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| | jade-like stone / clean and white / tinkling of pendants | |
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| | sound of crushed stone | |
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| | precious stone / jewel | |
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| | sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate | |
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| | Stonehenge stone circle | |
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| | flint (stone) | |
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| | jade-like stone | |
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| | stone tablet without inscription / blank stele | |
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| | coarse stone (used for whetstone) | |
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| | iron and stone | |
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| | giant stone arrangement / Stonehenge | |
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| | Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河 in Zhao county 趙縣｜赵县, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代 (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge | |
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| | precious stone | |
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| | jade-like stone | |
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| | stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits | |
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| | to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom) | |
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| | (bird species of China) great stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris) | |
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| | ancient stone acupuncture needle / to criticize / to pierce | |
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| | pumice stone | |
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| | (medicine) calculus; stone | |
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| | stone similar to jade | |
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| | stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms)) | |
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| | (idiom) to exhaust all one has / to leave no stone unturned / to try one's best | |
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| | squat block (of stone, wood etc) / ottoman; pouf | |
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| | (Tw) pebble-wash finish; exposed aggregate surface (construction technique using cement mixed with small stones, then washed to expose the pebbles) | |
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