- 摸着石头过河 mōzheshítouguòhé cautious progressto advance cautiously through experimentation, or to feel one's way forward step by step
- 搬起石头砸自己的脚 bānqǐshítouzázìjǐdejiǎo backfireto hurt oneself by one's own actions or have one's own plot result in one's own undoing; to be hoisted by one's own petard
- 石头、剪子、布 shítou, jiǎnzi, bù rock-paper-scissorsrock-paper-scissors (hand game)
- 石头奶 shítounǎi engorged breastsengorged or rock-hard breasts resulting from postnatal milk accumulation or complications from breast implants
- 石头火锅 shítouhuǒguō claypotclaypot (used in cooking)
- 石头记 Shítou Jì The Story of the StoneThe Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions ([[红楼梦|紅樓夢|Hong2 lou2 Meng4]])
- 剪刀石头布 jiǎndāoshítoubù rock-paper-scissorsrock-paper-scissors (game)
- 鸡蛋碰石头 jīdànpèngshítou overreachto attack someone far stronger than oneself or foolishly overrate one's abilities; literally an egg colliding with a rock
- 搬石头砸自己的脚 bānshítouzázìjǐdejiǎo self-defeatingto hurt oneself by one's own actions; to shoot oneself in the foot
- 摸石头过河 mōshítouguòhé cross riverTo cross a river by feeling for stones on the riverbed.