HSK 6 · Objects

钻石 zuànshí “diamond” in Chinese

Traditional 鑽石

What 钻石 means

  1. diamond

Measure word 颗 kē · 一颗钻石 yì kē zuànshí

How to say 钻石

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale钻zuàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale石shí2nd tone, rising

钻石 in a sentence

  1. 那些是真钻石吗？

    Nàxiē shì zhēn zuànshí ma?

    Are those real diamonds?

    Sentence #9963114 from Tatoeba

  2. 钻石是一种宝石。

    Zuànshí shì yì zhǒng bǎoshí.

    Diamond is a kind of gemstone.

    Sentence #692210 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 钻石被镶在一个金戒指上。

    Zuànshí bèi xiāng zài yí ge jīn jièzhi shàng.

    The diamond was set in a gold ring.

    Sentence #465817 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 钻石 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 钻 (zuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
钻zuàndrill; auger
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 占to divine · zhānSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zuàn.

The character 石 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
石shírock
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 钻石

钻 10 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.

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

Words related to 钻石

Words with 钻

钻研zuānyán · to study intensively

Words with 石

石头shítou · stone化石huàshí · fossil石油shíyóu · oil岩石yánshí · rock

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FAQs

钻石 (zuànshí) means “diamond”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zuànshí: zuàn with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 钻石 is written 鑽石. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 颗 (kē). For example, one diamond is 一颗钻石 (yì kē zuànshí).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuanshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 钻石 from the suggestions. Typing zuanshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
钻石 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.