piàn​má​yán

gneiss

  • created sense approved 片麻岩 · piàn​má​yán · gneiss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    片麻岩

    piàn​má​yán

    gneiss

    gneiss; a type of metamorphic rock formed under high temperature and pressure with a banded structure typically composed of quartz, mica, feldspar, and hornblende

    片 (literal) → 片 · piàn · slice 麻 (literal) → 麻 · má · pockmarked 岩 (literal) → 岩 · yán · rock

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense