Chinese symbol for “pebble”
鹅卵石
é luǎn shí
Traditional: 鵝卵石
pebble; cobblestone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pebble is 鹅卵石 (é luǎn shí), defined as: pebble; cobblestone.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pebble”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鹅卵石.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 企鹅 (企鵝) | qǐ é | penguin |
| 天鹅 (天鵝) | tiān é | swan |
| 天鹅绒 (天鵝絨) | tiān é róng | velvet; swan's down |
| 黑天鹅 (黑天鵝) | hēi tiān é | black swan |
| 小天鹅 (小天鵝) | xiǎo tiān é | (bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) |
| 产卵 (產卵) | chǎn luǎn | to lay eggs |
| 卵巢 | luǎn cháo | ovary |
| 卵子 | luǎn zǐ | ovum |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pebble”.
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.