shā​yán

sandstone

  • created sense approved 砂岩 · shā​yán · sandstone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    砂岩

    shā​yán

    sandstone

    sedimentary rock consisting of sand or quartz grains cemented together, often used as building material

    砂 (literal) → 砂 · shā · sand 岩 (literal) → 岩 · yán · rock

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

    created sense