石 (shí) means Stone. Below are 22 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
路上有一块大 石 头。
Lù shàng yǒu yí kuài dà shítou.
There is a big rock in the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 石头
孩子在河边捡 石 头。
Háizi zài hé biān jiǎn shítou.
The child is collecting stones by the river.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 石头
这块 石 头非常坚硬。
Zhè kuài shítou fēicháng jiānyìng.
This stone is extremely hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚硬
这个国家盛产 石 油。
Zhège guójiā shèngchǎn shíyóu.
This country is rich in oil.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 石油
这块 石 头的形状很特别。
Zhè kuài shítou de xíngzhuàng hěn tèbié.
The shape of this stone is unusual.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形状
妈妈在拣米里的小 石 子。
Māma zài jiǎn mǐ lǐ de xiǎo shízǐ.
Mum is picking the little stones out of the rice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拣
戒指上镶嵌着一颗宝 石 。
Jièzhi shang xiāngqiànzhe yì kē bǎoshí.
A gem is set in the ring.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 镶嵌
戒指上镶着一颗小钻 石 。
Jièzhi shang xiāngzhe yì kē xiǎo zuànshí.
A small diamond is set in the ring.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻石
这块化 石 有上亿年的历史。
Zhè kuài huàshí yǒu shàng yì nián de lìshǐ.
This fossil is over a hundred million years old.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 化石
这块 石 头的来历很不一般。
Zhè kuài shítou de láilì hěn bù yìbān.
The history of this stone is quite out of the ordinary.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 来历
石 油价格影响着全球经济。
Shíyóu jiàgé yǐngxiǎngzhe quánqiú jīngjì.
Oil prices affect the global economy.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 石油
地质学家在研究这些岩 石 。
Dìzhìxuéjiā zài yánjiū zhèxiē yánshí.
The geologists are studying these rocks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 岩石
一颗 石 子从崖上坠了下来。
Yì kē shízǐ cóng yá shang zhuì le xiàlái.
A stone fell from the cliff.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坠
海浪不断冲击着岸边的礁 石 。
Hǎilàng búduàn chōngjīzhe àn biān de jiāoshí.
The waves battered the rocks along the shore without pause.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冲击
他们在山上发现了恐龙化 石 。
Tāmen zài shān shang fāxiàn le kǒnglóng huàshí.
They found dinosaur fossils in the mountains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 化石
他们在这一带进行 石 油勘探。
Tāmen zài zhè yídài jìnxíng shíyóu kāntàn.
They are carrying out oil exploration in this area.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勘探
海边的岩 石 被浪冲得很光滑。
Hǎibiān de yánshí bèi làng chōng de hěn guānghuá.
The rocks by the sea have been worn smooth by the waves.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 岩石
这块大 石 头充当了临时的桌子。
Zhè kuài dà shítou chōngdāng le línshí de zhuōzi.
This big stone served as a makeshift table.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 充当
钻 石 是自然界最硬的物质之一。
Zuànshí shì zìránjiè zuì yìng de wùzhì zhī yī.
Diamond is one of the hardest substances in nature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻石
这种金属是从矿 石 中提炼出来的。
Zhè zhǒng jīnshǔ shì cóng kuàngshí zhōng tíliàn chūlái de.
This metal is refined from ore.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 提炼
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From the graded readers
我的手被地上的小 石 头划破了，很疼。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒu bèi dìshàng de / dì xiǎo shítou huà / huá pò le / liǎo / liào, hěn téng.
My hands were scraped by the small stones on the ground and it hurt.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
Words that contain 石
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 石
How is 石 used in a sentence?
This page shows 22 sentences using 石 (shí, "Stone"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 石 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 石 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 石?
The dictionary page for 石 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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