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化石

huà shí

HSK 6 2-character word

What 化石 means

1. fossil

The characters in 化石

• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription

Example sentences

• 褐煤是一种化石燃料。
  Hèméi shì yīzhǒng huàshíránliào.
  Lignite is a fossil fuel.
• 在我手里的是一个贝壳化石。
  Zài wǒ shǒulǐ de shì yī gè bèiké huàshí.
  What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.

Words starting with 化石

• 化石群huà shí qúnfossil assemblage
• 化石燃料huà shí rán liàofossil fuel

Words containing 化石

• 活化石huó huà shíliving fossil
• 松化石sōng huà shíturquoise (gemstone); also written 松石
• 液化石油气yè huà shí yóu qìliquefied petroleum gas
• 粪化石fèn huà shícoprolite