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Chinese symbol for “opal”

蛋白石
dàn bái shí
opal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for opal is 蛋白石 (dàn bái shí), defined as: opal.

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Characters and stroke order

蛋 dàn
egg
radical 142 ⾍ · 11 strokes
白 bái
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
radical 106 ⽩ · 5 strokes
石 shí
stone, rock, mineral
radical 112 ⽯ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “opal”

WordPinyinMeaning
欧泊 (歐泊)ōu bóopal (Sanskrit: upala)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蛋白石.

WordPinyinMeaning
蛋糕dàn gāocake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè)
鸡蛋 (雞蛋)jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
笨蛋bèn dàn(mild insult) fool; idiot; (playful) silly person
蛋白质 (蛋白質)dàn bái zhìprotein
蛋白dàn báiegg white; protein
混蛋hún dànscoundrel; bastard
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum

See also: Japanese symbol for “opal”.

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.