HSK 6 · Nature

岩石 yánshí “rock” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 岩石 means

  1. rock
  2. (geology) rock

How to say 岩石

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale岩yán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale石shí2nd tone, rising

岩石 in a sentence

  1. 浪拍在岩石上。

    Làng pāi zài yánshí shàng.

    The waves crashed against the rocks.

    Sentence #6094897 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 一块岩石从上面落下。

    Yí kuài yánshí cóng shàngmiàn luòxià.

    A rock fell from above.

    Sentence #332567 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 岩石经过风化后，形成了各种奇特的形状。

    Yánshí jīngguò fēnghuà hòu, xíngchéng le gè zhǒng qítè de xíngzhuàng.

    After weathering, the rocks took on all sorts of strange shapes.

    Sentence #380255 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 岩石 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 岩 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
岩yáncliff
  • 山mountain · shān
  • 石stone · shí
The character 石 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
石shírock
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 岩石

岩 8 strokes · 石 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

岩石 (yánshí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 岩石 (yánshí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 岩石

Words with 石

石头shítou · stone化石huàshí · fossil石油shíyóu · oil钻石zuànshí · diamond

More words: Nature & Environment

畜牧xùmù · animal husbandry严寒yánhán · bitter cold淹没yānmò · to submerge炎热yánrè · scorching hot (weather)翼yì · wing蕴藏yùncáng · to hold in store宇宙yǔzhòu · universe灾难zāinàn · disaster

FAQs

岩石 (yánshí) means “rock” or “(geology) rock”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yánshí: yán with a 2nd tone, then shí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 岩石 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 岩石 from the suggestions. Typing yanshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
岩石 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.