石
shíShídàn HSK3

stone

石 shí frequency
rock noun
rock or stone

石、木、砖、瓦是古代建筑的主要材料。

shí, mù, zhuān, wǎ shì gǔ​dài jiàn​zhù de zhǔ​yào cái​liào.

Stone, wood, brick, and tile were the main materials for ancient buildings.

inscription noun
a stone tablet or inscription

他在研究古代的碑石。

tā zài yán​jiū gǔ​dài de bēi shí.

He is studying ancient stone tablets.

musical category noun
one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments

磬是属于八音中石类的乐器。

qìng shì shǔ​yú bā​yīn zhōng shí lèi de yuè​qì.

The 'qing' is a percussion instrument belonging to the stone category of the 'eight sounds.'

石 Shí
Shi proper name
surname Shi

石老师在黑板上写下了今天的作业。

Shí lǎo​shī zài hēi​bǎn shàng xiě​xià le jīn​tiān de zuò​yè.

Teacher Shi wrote today's homework on the blackboard.

Shijiazhuang noun
abbreviation for Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province

京石高速公路的通车极大促进了沿线经济发展。

Jīng Shí gāo​sù gōng​lù de tōng​chē jí dà cù​jìn le yán​xiàn jīng​jì fā​zhǎn.

The opening of the Beijing-Shijiazhuang Expressway has greatly promoted economic development along the route.

石 dàn
dry measure measure word
A unit of capacity for grain equal to ten dou, approximately equivalent to one hundred liters.

这户人家存有五十石大米。

zhè hù rén​jiā cún​yǒu wǔ​shí dàn dà​mǐ.

This family has fifty dan of rice in storage.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
414th most common 527.9 per million
Movie subtitles
835th most common 147.2 per million appears in 37% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.7 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
93.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+77F3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)