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石灰 (shí huī): Lime (calcium oxide) (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

石灰 consists of 2 characters.

石 • shí • stone, rock

shí石

stone, rock

灰 • huī • grey; ash; dust • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

huī灰

grey; ash; dust

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Pinyinshí huī

Meaninglime (calcium oxide)

Characters2

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Syntaxnoun

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Example Sentences with 石灰

Gōng工

rén人

zài在

qiáng墙

shàng上

shuā刷

le了

yī一

céng层

shí石

huī灰

。

The worker applied a layer of lime on the wall.

Shí石

huī灰

shì是

jiàn建

zhù筑

zhōng中

cháng常

yòng用

de的

cái

材

liào料

zhī之

yī一

。

Lime is one of the commonly used materials in construction.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 石灰.

Words with 石

石头shí tourock; stone
化石huà shífossil
岩石yán shírock
石油shí yóupetroleum; oil
钻石zuànshídiamond; jewel
宝石bǎo shíGemstone
礁石jiāo shíreef / rock
陨石yǔn shíMeteorite

Words with 灰

灰尘huī chéndust; dirt; ash
灰心huī xīnto lose heart; to be discouraged; be disappointed
灰色huī sègray
掸灰dǎn huīto dust off
灰暗

huī àn

gloomy, dim

灰烬huījìnashes, cinders

烟灰yān huīcigarette ash

骨灰gǔ huīashes (of a deceased person)