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陨石

yǔn shí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 隕石 Measure word 块、颗

陨石 (yǔn shí) means "meteorite; aerolite". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 陨石 means

1. meteorite
2. aerolite

The characters in 陨石

• 陨yǔn(bound form) to fall from the sky; variant of 殒
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription

Example sentences

• 马尼夸根湖是加拿大魁北克的环形湖，是2亿年前一场巨大冲击形成的陨石坑遗迹。
  Mǎ ní kuā gēn hú shì Jiānádà Kuíběikè de huánxíng hú, shì 2 yì niánqián yī chǎng jùdà chōngjī xíngchéng de yǔnshíkēng yíjì.
  Lake Manicouagan, a ring-shaped lake in Quebec, Canada, is all that remains of a crater from a massive impact over 200 million years ago.

Words starting with 陨石

• 陨石坑yǔn shí kēngmeteorite impact crater
• 陨石雨yǔn shí yǔmeteorite shower

Words containing 陨石

• 球粒陨石qiú lì yǔn shíchondrite (type of meteorite)

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