Chinese mnemonics and annotator
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石 dàn stone
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#115a
Chapter-09
5 strokes
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 石 |
Shih is regarded as the picture of an overhanging cliff, apparently with a boulder beneath it. It is used as a liquid and dry measure, representing in the latter a weight of 120 斤 catties. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
石
dàn
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗/ten pecks/one hundred liters
石
shí
rock/stone/stone inscription/one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]/surname Shi
Phrases ending with the given character
光光guāng
卤鹵lǔ
石石shí
carnallite (hydrated potassium magnesium chloride mineral)
冰bīng
晶jīng
石shí
cryolite
冰bīng
洲zhōu
石shí
Iceland spar
吸吸xī
铁鐵tiě
石石shí
a magnet/same as 磁鐵|磁铁
哲zhé
人rén
石shí
philosopher's stone
垫墊diàn
脚腳jiǎo
石石shí
stepping stone/fig. person used to advance one's career
大dà
理lǐ
石shí
marble
天tiān
青qīng
石shí
lapis lazuli
奠diàn
基jī
石shí
a foundation stone/a cornerstone
打dǎ
火huǒ
石shí
flint
斜斜xié
长長cháng
石石shí
plagioclase (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
方fāng
解jiě
石shí
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
月yuè
光guāng
石shí
moonstone
望wàng
夫fū
石shí
Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田[Sha1 tian2], Hong Kong
松sōng
化huà
石shí
turquoise (gemstone)/also written 松石
柘zhè
榴liú
石shí
garnet
橄橄gǎn
榄欖lǎn
石石shí
olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)/peridot
正正zhèng
长長cháng
石石shí
orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
氪氪kè
气氣qì
石石shí
kryptonite
水shuǐ
磨mó
石shí
terrazzo
河hé
卵luǎn
石shí
pebble
活huó
化huà
石shí
living fossil
煤méi
矸gān
石shí
waste rock (in coal mining)
牙yá
克kè
石shí
Yakeshi county level city, Mongolian Yagshi xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
独獨dú
居居jū
石石shí
monazite
王wáng
安ān
石shí
Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
叠疊dié
层層céng
石石shí
stromatolite
白bái
榴liú
石shí
leucite
白白bái
云雲yún
石石shí
dolomite
石shí
榴liu
石shí
garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12)
石shí
灰huī
石shí
limestone
硅guī
灰huī
石shí
wollastonite CaSiO3
磨mó
刀dāo
石shí
whetstone (for honing knives)
磨磨mó
脚腳jiǎo
石石shí
pumice stone
磷lín
灰huī
石shí
apatite/phosphatic limestone
磷磷lín
矿礦kuàng
石石shí
phosphate
粉fěn
砂shā
石shí
siltstone
红紅hóng
宝寶bǎo
石石shí
ruby
绊絆bàn
脚腳jiǎo
石石shí
stumbling block/obstacle/someone who gets in your way
绿綠lǜ
宝寶bǎo
石石shí
beryl
绿綠lǜ
松松sōng
石石shí
turquoise (gemstone)
绿綠lǜ
泥泥ní
石石shí
chlorite (geology)
肾腎shèn
结結jié
石石shí
kidney stone
胆膽dǎn
结結jié
石石shí
gallstone
花花huā
岗崗gāng
石石shí
granite
蒋蔣jiǎng
介介jiè
石石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
蓝藍lán
宝寶bǎo
石石shí
sapphire
蛇蛇shé
纹紋wén
石石shí
serpentine (geology)
蛋dàn
白bái
石shí
opal
角角jiǎo
闪閃shǎn
石石shí
hornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
试試shì
金金jīn
石石shí
touchstone/fig. test that sth is genuine
重zhòng
晶jīng
石shí
barite (geology)
金金jīn
刚剛gāng
石石shí
diamond/also called 鑽石|钻石[zuan4 shi2]
金jīn
瓜guā
石shí
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)
金金jīn
红紅hóng
石石shí
rutile (mineral form of titanium oxide TiO2)
钟鐘zhōng
乳乳rǔ
石石shí
stalactite
铁鐵tiě
矿礦kuàng
石石shí
iron ore
鸡雞jī
血血xuè
石石shí
bloodstone/red-fleck chalcedony/heliotrope (mineralogy)
电電diàn
气氣qì
石石shí
tourmaline
青qīng
金jīn
石shí
lapis lazuli (mineral of the square albite family)
鹅鵝é
卵卵luǎn
石石shí
pebble/cobblestone
黑hēi
曜yào
石shí
obsidian (mining)
点點diǎn
金金jīn
石石shí
philosopher's stone
齐齊qí
白白bái
石石shí
Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter