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钻石

zuàn shí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 鑽石 Measure word 颗

钻石 (zuàn shí) means "diamond". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 钻石 means

1. diamond

The characters in 钻石

• 钻zuānto drill; to bore; to get into
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription

Example sentences

• 钻石是一种宝石。
  Zuànshí shì yīzhǒng bǎoshí.
  The diamond is a precious stone.
• 汤姆说它是钻石。
  Tom said it was a diamond.
• 那些是真钻石吗？
  Are those real diamonds?
• 这颗钻石不是真的。
  This diamond is not real.
• 这可能不是真的钻石。
  Zhè kěnéng bù shì zhēn de zuànshí.
  This may not be a real diamond.
• 这可能不是一颗真的钻石。
  Zhè kěnéng bù shì yī kē zhēn de zuànshí.
  This might not be a genuine diamond.

Words starting with 钻石

• 钻石王老五zuàn shí wáng lǎo wǔhighly eligible bachelor; desirable male partner

Words containing 钻石

• 独立钻石dú lì zuàn shísolitaire (puzzle)

Where 钻石 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhuó–zú (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zuàn shí correctly.
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