巨石 (jù shí) — huge rock, massive stone | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

huge rockmassive stone

Measure word · 块

Examples

巨石。
Shān dǐng shàng yǒu yí kuài jù shí.
There is a huge rock on the mountaintop.
巨石。
Gōng rén men zhèng zài bān yùn nà kuài jù shí.
The workers are moving that massive stone.
巨石，。
Zhè tiáo lù shang dào chù dōu shì jù shí, hěn nán zǒu.
This road is full of huge rocks and is hard to walk on.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

巨 means huge and 石 means stone; together they refer to a huge stone.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 石 shows a stone under a cliff-like overhang, or a cave set into a cliff side.

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