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石
Mandarin · pinyin dàn#
Meanings · dàn
- dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 dǒu; one hundred liters
- ancient pr. shí
Mandarin · pinyin shí#
Meanings · shí
- rock
- stone
- stone inscription
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bā yīn
Mandarin · pinyin Shí#
Meanings · Shí
- surname Shi
- abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊 Shí jiā zhuāng, the capital of Hebei
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- 石
- shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112
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Mandarin tones
4 · dan4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daam3 · sek6
Cantonese word readings for 石. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊／块 c)
- (Cantonese) gem; jewel; jade
- a surname
- (historical, archaic) picul, dan, a unit of dry measure
character · Etymology 2
- (chiefly historical) picul, dan, a unit of dry mass and equivalent volume for grain of variable exact value at different times and places, now officially equal to 100 liters
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