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"stone chisel" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
銶 qiú single-headed pick / stone chisel
𨱇 銶 qiú single-headed pick / stone chisel / Lepidotrigla strauchi
Chinese Pinyin Translation
石头 石頭 shí tou stone / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
宝石 寶石 bǎo shí precious stone / gem / CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
塑像 sù xiàng 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 syn
石块 石塊 shí kuài stone / rock syn
阶梯 階梯 jiē tī flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone / way to reach the goal of syn
基石 jī shí foundation stone / cornerstone / (fig.) basis / foundation syn
石器 shí qì stone tool / stone implement
云梯 雲梯 yún tī (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
石碑 shí bēi stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:方[fang1] syn
火石 huǒ shí flint (stone) syn
采石场 採石場 cǎi shí chǎng stone pit / quarry
黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn
玉石 yù shí jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad syn
肾结石 腎結石 shèn jié shí kidney stone
垫脚石 墊腳石 diàn jiǎo shí stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career syn
石像 shí xiàng stone statue
短距离 短距離 duǎn jù lí short distance / a stone's throw away syn
一举两得 一舉兩得 yī jǔ liǎng dé one move, two gains (idiom) / two birds with one stone syn
砂石 shā shí sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate syn
锲而不舍 鍥而不捨 qiè ér bù shě to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom) / to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts syn
石阶 石階 shí jiē stone step syn
砚台 硯臺 yàn tái ink stone / ink slab / CL:方[fang1] syn
金石 jīn shí metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze
石雕 shí diāo stone carving / carved sculpture
殚精竭虑 殫精竭慮 dān jīng jié lǜ to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned
投石问路 投石問路 tóu shí wèn lù lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom) / fig. to test the waters
结石 結石 jié shí (medicine) calculus / stone
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, 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 syn
界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn
石刻 shí kè stone inscription / carved stone
石沉大海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response syn
滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
石器时代 石器時代 shí qì shí dài Stone Age
石林 shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
投石 tóu shí curling stone
石头记 石頭記 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]
碑刻 bēi kè inscription on stone tablet
一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn
黄水晶 黃水晶 huáng shuǐ jīng citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2 as a semiprecious stone)
玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
铁石 鐵石 tiě shí iron and stone
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
天珠 tiān zhū dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
石砌 shí qì stone steps
落石 luò shí falling stone
行旅 xíng lǚ traveler / wanderer / vagabond / rolling stone syn
墓志 墓誌 mù zhì inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb / memorial inscription on such a tablet syn
碑帖 bēi tiè a rubbing from a stone inscription
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
碑石 bēi shí stele / vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions syn
赵州桥 趙州橋 zhào zhōu qiáo Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
拓印 tà yìn stone rubbing (to copy an inscription)
水滴石穿 shuǐ dī shí chuān 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. syn
碾 niǎn stone roller / roller and millstone / to grind / to crush / to husk syn
凿 鑿 záo (bound form) chisel / to bore a hole / to chisel / to dig / (literary) certain / authentic / irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4] syn
铁石心肠 鐵石心腸 tiě shí xīn cháng to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling syn
珉 mín alabaster, jade-like stone
碑 bēi a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4] syn
珂 kē jade-like stone
凿子 鑿子 záo zǐ chisel syn
砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn
玟 mín jade-like stone
巨石阵 巨石陣 jù shí zhèn giant stone arrangement / Stonehenge
硌 gè (coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe) / to hurt / to chafe syn
奠基石 diàn jī shí foundation stone / cornerstone
碑铭 碑銘 bēi míng inscription on stone tablet
瑶 瑤 yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific
锲 鍥 qiè to cut / to carve / to engrave / to chisel / fig. to chisel away at
滴水穿石 dī shuǐ chuān shí 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. syn
琛 chēn precious stone / gem syn
砾 礫 lì (bound form) gravel / small stone syn
碑碣 bēi jié stone tablet (with inscription) syn
美石 měi shí precious stone / jewel
碾磨 niǎn mó to mill / to grind / grinding stone
无字碑 無字碑 wú zì bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele
砚池 硯池 yàn chí (concave) ink stone or ink slab syn
英石 yīng dàn stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms))
瑛 yīng (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade
砚 硯 yàn ink-stone syn
镌 鐫 juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe syn
砭 biān ancient stone acupuncture needle / to criticize / to pierce
碣 jié stone tablet syn
磬 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone syn
砩 fú name of a stone
碡 dú stone roller
碡 zhóu stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2]
鐾 bèi to sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop syn
砀 碭 dàng stone with color veins
锜 錡 qí three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old)
磴 dèng cliff-ledge / stone step syn
砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn
祏 shí stone shrine
礅 dūn stone block
磉 sǎng stone plinth
璁 cōng stone similar to jade
礓 jiāng a small stone
敲门砖 敲門磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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