Chinese symbol for “gravel”
碎石
suì shí
gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gravel is 碎石 (suì shí), defined as: gravel; crushed rock; rock debris.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “gravel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砾石 (礫石) | lì shí | gravel; pebbles |
| 砾 (礫) | lì | (bound form) gravel; small stone |
| 石子 | shí zǐ | small stone; gravel |
| 石渣 | shí zhā | gravel |
| 砂 | shā | sand; gravel |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 碎石.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 碎片 | suì piàn | chip; fragment; splinter; tatter |
| 粉碎 | fěn suì | to crush; to smash; to shatter |
| 破碎 | pò suì | to smash to pieces; to shatter |
| 心碎 | xīn suì | heartbroken; extreme depth of sorrow |
| 支离破碎 (支離破碎) | zhī lí pò suì | scattered and smashed (idiom) |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond; 颗 (kē) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gravel”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.