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Mandarin shí; dàn
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石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]
Results beginning with 石
石油 shí yóu oil / petroleum
石头 shí tou stone / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
石狮 shí shī see 石獅子|石狮子[shi2 shi1 zi5]
石块 shí kuài stone / rock
石榴 shí liu pomegranate
石壁 shí bì Shek
石板 shí bǎn slab / flagstone / slate
石刻 shí kè stone inscription / carved stone
石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone)
石碑 shí bēi stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:方[fang1]
石器 shí qì stone tool / stone implement
石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues)
石英 shí yīng quartz
石雕 shí diāo stone carving / carved sculpture
石林 Shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
石阶 shí jiē stone step
石灰 shí huī lime (calcium oxide)
石墨 shí mò black lead / graphite / plumbago
石像 shí xiàng stone statue
石棉 shí mián asbestos
石洞 shí dòng cave / cavern
石蜡 shí là paraffin wax
石笋 shí sǔn stalagmite
石竹 shí zhú China pink / Dianthus chinensis (botany)
石磨 shí mò grindstone
石青 shí qīng azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue
石棺 shí guān sarcophagus
石塔 shí tǎ pinnacle rock
石砌 shí qì stone steps
石匠 shí jiàng stonemason
石虎 Shí Hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
石片 shí piàn slab
石涛 Shí Tāo Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet
石勒 Shí Lè Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350)
石印 shí yìn lithography / lithographic printing
石女 shí nu:3 female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect)
石工 shí gōng stonemasonry / stonemason
石松 shí sōng Lycopodiopsida (club mosses)
石蕊 shí ruǐ reindeer moss / litmus (chemistry)
石鼓 Dàn gǔ Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan
石城 Shí chéng Shicheng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi
石川 shí chuān Ishikawa (Japanese surname and place name)
石碇 Shí dìng Shiding or Shihting township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
石舫 Shí Fǎng Marble Boat, famous pavilion
石粉 shí fěn talcum powder
石岗 Shí Gǎng Shek Kong (area in Hong Kong)
石冈 Shí gāng Shihkang Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan
石磙 shí gǔn stone roller
石斛 shí hú noble dendrobium (Dendrobium nobile)
石化 shí huà to petrify / petrochemical industry
石鸡 shí jī (bird species of China) chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)
石蜐 shí jié goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes)
石井 Shí jǐng Ishii (Japanese surname)
石龙 Shí lóng Shilong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan
石楼 Shí lóu Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
石门 Shí mén Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
石绵 shí mián asbestos
石弩 shí nǔ catapult / ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
石屏 Shí píng Shiping county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
石阡 Shí qiān Shiqian, a county in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2ren2 Shi4], Guizhou
石渠 shí qú stone channel (e.g. drain)
石泉 Shí quán Shiquan County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
石雀 shí què (bird species of China) rock sparrow (Petronia petronia)
石屎 shí shǐ (dialect) concrete
石首 Shí shǒu Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[Jing1 zhou1], Hubei
石蒜 shí suàn red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
石台 Shí tái Shitai, a county in Chizhou 池州[Chi2zhou1], Anhui
石炭 shí tàn coal (old)
石田 Shí tián Ishida (Japanese surname and place name)
石庭 shí tíng rock garden
石硪 shí wò flat stone with ropes attached, used to ram the ground
石罅 shí xià a crack in a rock
石刑 shí xíng stoning (execution method)
石修 shí xiū Shek
石盐 shí yán rock salt
石渣 shí zhā gravel
石质 shí zhì stony
石柱 shí zhù stela / upright stone / obelisk
石状 shí zhuàng stony
石作 shí zuò masonry workshop
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石家庄 Shí jiā zhuāng see 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2jia1zhuang1 Shi4]
石头记 Shí tou Jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
石灰石 shí huī shí limestone
石榴石 shí liu shí garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
石灰岩 shí huī yán limestone
石板路 shí bǎn lù road or pavement laid with flagstones
石狮子 shí shī zi guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
石斑鱼 shí bān yú grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called 鮨 / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
石脑油 shí nǎo yóu naphtha
石英钟 shí yīng zhōng quartz clock
石像鬼 shí xiàng guǐ gargoyle / grotesque
石榴树 shí liu shù pomegranate tree
石钟乳 shí zhōng rǔ stalactite
石棉瓦 shí mián wǎ asbestos roofing sheet (corrugated)
石油醚 shí yóu mí petroleum ether
石油股  Petroleum Unit
石鼓区 Dàn gǔ qū Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan
石板瓦 shí bǎn wǎ slate tile
石城县 Shí chéng xiàn Shicheng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi
石刁柏 shí diāo bǎi asparagus
石碇乡 Shí dìng xiāng Shiding or Shihting township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
石峰区 Shí fēng qū Shifeng district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市, Hunan
石敢当 shí gǎn dāng stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits
石冈乡 Shí gāng xiāng Shihkang Township in Taichung County, 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan
石拐区 Shí guǎi qū Shiguai district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia
石鼓文 shí gǔ wén early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4]
石河子 Shí hé zǐ Shihezi, sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang
石花菜 shí huā cài Gelidium amansii, species of red algae from which agar is extracted
石化厂 shí huà chǎng petrochemical plant
石灰华 shí huī huá travertine (geology) / tufa (a type of banded marble)
石灰土 shí huī tǔ limestone soil
石灰位 shí huī wèi lime potential
石匠痨 shí jiàng láo silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease / also written 矽末病
石景山 Shí jǐng shān Shijingshan, an inner district of west Beijing
石咀山 Shí jǔ shān Shijushan or Shizuishan (place name) / variant of Shizuishan 石嘴山[Shi2 zui3 shan1], prefecture-level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia
石库门 shí kù mén "shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai
石鲮鱼 shí líng yú pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater
石林县 Shí lín xiàn Shilin Yi autonomous county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan
石榴子 shí liu zǐ pomegranate seeds / pomegranate arils
石龙区 Shí lóng qū Shilong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan
石龙子 shí lóng zi skink / lizard
石楼县 Shí lóu xiàn Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
石门县 Shí mén xiàn Shimen county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan
石门乡 Shí mén xiāng Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
石棉县 Shí mián xiàn Shimian county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan
石末肺 shí mò fèi silicosis / grinder's disease / also written 矽末病
石墨碳 shí mò tàn graphite carbon
石墨烯 shí mò xī graphene
石南花 shī nán huā heather (Ericaceae)
石南花 shí nán huā heather (Ericaceae)
石南属 shí nán shǔ heather
石南树 shí nán shù heath
石屏县 Shí píng xiàn Shiping county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
石普挞 shí pǔ tà Shiptar
石阡县 Shí qiān xiàn Shiqian, a county in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2ren2 Shi4], Guizhou
石岐话 shí qí huà Shiqi
石泉县 Shí quán Xiàn Shiquan County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
石渠阁 Shí qú gé cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1] as state canon
石渠县 Shí qú xiàn Sêrxü / county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
石珊瑚 shí shān hú stony coral
石狮市 Shí shī shì Shishi, county-level city in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian
石狩川 shí shòu chuān Ishikari
石首市 Shí shǒu shì Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[Jing1 zhou1], Hubei
石首鱼 shí shǒu yú drum / croaker
石台县 Shí tái xiàn Shitai, a county in Chizhou 池州[Chi2zhou1], Anhui
石炭纪 Shí tàn jì Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
石炭井 Shí tàn jǐng Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[Da4 wu3 kou3 qu1] of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[Shi2 zui3 shan1 shi4], Ningxia
石炭酸 shí tàn suān phenol C6H5OH / same as 苯酚
石炭系 shí tàn xì carboniferous system / coal measure (geology)
石头奶 shí tou nǎi engorged breasts / rock-hard breasts (resulting from postnatal milk accumulation or complications from breast implants)
Approximate Results for 石
钻石 zuàn shí diamond / CL:顆|颗[ke1]
宝石 bǎo shí precious stone / gem / CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
岩石 yán shí rock
巨石 jù shí huge rock / boulder / monolith
化石 huà shí fossil
滚石 Gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
玉石 yù shí jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
矿石 kuàng shí ore
碎石 suì shí gravel / crushed rock / rock debris
基石 jī shí foundation stone / cornerstone / (fig.) basis / foundation
陨石 yǔn shí meteorite / aerolite / CL:塊|块[kuai4],顆|颗[ke1]
金石 jīn shí metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze
青石 qīng shí bluestone / limestone (colloquial)
结石 jié shí (medicine) calculus / stone
火石 huǒ shí flint (stone)
磐石 pán shí boulder
礁石 jiāo shí reef
乱石 luàn shí rocks / stones / rubble / riprap
砂石 shā shí sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate
沙石 shā shí sand and stones
投石 tóu shí curling stone
卵石 luǎn shí cobble / cobblestone / pebble
采石 cǎi shí quarrying
磁石 cí shí magnet
砖石 zhuān shí brick
萤石 yíng shí fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor
铁石 tiě shí iron and stone
砾石 lì shí gravel / pebbles
云石 yún shí marble
锆石 gào shí zircon (colored crystal of zirconium silicate ZrSiO4)
滑石 huá shí talc
落石 luò shí falling stone
长石 cháng shí (mineralogy) feldspar
磨石 mó shí whetstone / millstone
柱石 zhù shí pillar
碑石 bēi shí stele / vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions
沸石 fèi shí zeolite
蛭石 zhì shí vermiculite
浮石 fú shí pumice
美石 měi shí precious stone / jewel
矸石 gān shí (mining) gangue
硝石 xiāo shí niter / saltpeter / potassium nitrate KNO3
燧石 suì shí flint
牙石 yá shí dental calculus / tartar
硅石 guī shí siliceous rock
胆石 dǎn shí gallstone
赭石 zhě shí ocher (pigment)
辉石 huī shí pyroxene (family of rock-forming minerals) / augite
乔石 qiáo shí Qiao Shi (1924-2015), Chinese politician
文石 wén shí aragonite (geology)
英石 yīng dàn stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms))
英石 yīng shí ornamental limestone rock (供石[gong1 shi2]) from Yingde 英德[Ying1 de2], Guangdong
抱石 bào shí (sports) bouldering
砭石 biān shí stone needle used in acupuncture
慈石 cí shí magnetite Fe3O4
滴石 dī shí a dripstone (geology) / stalactites and stalagmites
东石 Dōng shí Dongshi or Tungshih Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
耳石 ěr shí otolith
粪石 fèn shí coprolite
氟石 fú shí fluorite CaF2 / fluorspar / fluor
公石 gōng dàn hectoliter / quintal
供石 gōng shí scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China)
黄石 Huáng shí see 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2shi2 Shi4]
花石 huā shí marble
尖石 Jiān shí Jianshi or Chienshih township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
礌石 lèi shí (old) stones that can be rolled down onto an attacking enemy
礌石 léi shí (old) rocks that can be dropped from a height onto an attacking enemy
灵石 Líng shí Lingshi county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
磷石 lín shí muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
离石 Lí shí Lishi district of Lüliang city 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu:3 liang2 shi4], Shanxi 山西
脉石 mài shí (mining) gangue / veinstone
麻石 má shí chiseled stone (used in construction)
墓石 mù shí tombstone / gravestone
涅石 niè shí alumen / alunite (TCM)
盘石 pán shí variant of 磐石[pan2 shi2]
蟠石 pán shí variant of 磐石[pan2 shi2]
赏石 shǎng shí see 供石[gong1 shi2]
闪石 shǎn shí amphibole (silicate rock-forming mineral)
松石 sōng shí turquoise (gemstone)
锡石 xī shí tin oxide SnO2 / cassiterite / tinstone
玄石 xuán shí magnetite Fe3O4
砚石 yàn shí ink stone / ink slab
礜石 yù shí arsenic ore / arsenopiryte FeAsS
皂石 zào shí soapstone
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蒋介石 Jiǎng Jiè shí 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
中石化 Zhōng shí huà China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec / abbr. for 中國石油化工股份有限公司|中国石油化工股份有限公司
大理石 dà lǐ shí marble
铁矿石 tiě kuàng shí iron ore
蓝宝石 lán bǎo shí sapphire
金刚石 jīn gāng shí diamond / also called 鑽石|钻石[zuan4 shi2]
红宝石 hóng bǎo shí ruby
花岗石 huā gāng shí granite
泥石流 ní shí liú landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide
鹅卵石 é luǎn shí pebble / cobblestone
王安石 Wáng An1 shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
绊脚石 bàn jiǎo shí stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way
绿宝石 lu:4 bǎo shí beryl
齐白石 Qí Bái shí Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter
试金石 shì jīn shí touchstone / fig. test that sth is genuine
胆结石 dǎn jié shí gallstone
钟乳石 zhōng rǔ shí stalactite
活化石 huó huà shí living fossil
肾结石 shèn jié shí kidney stone
酒石酸 jiǔ shí suān tartaric acid
煤矸石 méi gān shí (mining) coal gangue
黑曜石 hēi yào shí obsidian (mining)
采石场 cǎi shí chǎng stone pit / quarry
生石灰 shēng shí huī calcium oxide CaO / quicklime
橄榄石 gǎn lǎn shí olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) / peridot
绿松石 lu:4 sōng shí turquoise (gemstone)
番石榴 fān shí liu guava (fruit)
蛋白石 dàn bái shí opal
新石器 Xīn shí qì Neolithic
重晶石 zhòng jīng shí barite (geology)
鸡血石 jī xuè shí bloodstone / red-fleck chalcedony / heliotrope (mineralogy)
垫脚石 diàn jiǎo shí stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career
方解石 fāng jiě shí calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
电气石 diàn qì shí tourmaline
磨刀石 mó dāo shí whetstone (for honing knives)
陨石坑 yǔn shí kēng meteorite impact crater
胆石症 dǎn shí zhèng gallstone
水磨石 shuǐ mó shí terrazzo
硅灰石 guī huī shí wollastonite CaSiO3
白云石 bái yún shí dolomite
奠基石 diàn jī shí foundation stone / cornerstone
吸铁石 xī tiě shí a magnet / same as 磁鐵|磁铁
化石群 huà shí qún fossil assemblage
磷矿石 lín kuàng shí phosphate
磷灰石 lín huī shí apatite / phosphatic limestone
天青石 tiān qīng shí lapis lazuli
巨石阵 jù shí zhèn giant stone arrangement / Stonehenge
岩石圈 yán shí quān lithosphere (in geology, the rigid crust of the earth)
牙结石 yá jié shí dental calculus / tartar
生石膏 shēng shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster
扔石块  stone throwing
钻石路  route Diamond
安石榴 ān shí liú pomegranate
白榴石 bái liú shí leucite
冰晶石 bīng jīng shí cryolite
冰洲石 Bīng zhōu shí Iceland spar
草石蚕 cǎo shí cán Chinese artichoke / Stachys sieboldii
打火石 dǎ huǒ shí flint
大石鸻 dà shí héng (bird species of China) great stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris)
大石鸡 dà shí jī (bird species of China) Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna)
大石桥 Dà shí qiáo see 大石橋市|大石桥市[Da4shi2qiao2 Shi4]
点金石 diǎn jīn shí philosopher's stone
叠层石 dié céng shí stromatolite
东石乡 Dōng shí xiāng Dongshi or Tungshih Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
煅石膏 duàn shí gāo plaster of Paris / calcined gypsum
煅石灰 duàn shí huī burned lime / burnt lime / calx / unslaked lime / quicklime
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