硅石 (guī shí) — silica (silicon dioxide, a mineral used in glassmaking and electronics)

Definition

noun
silica (silicon dioxide, a mineral used in glassmaking and electronics)
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 硅石。
    Zhè zhǒng guī shí de chún dù hěn gāo.
    This kind of silica has very high purity.
  • 硅石。
    Bō li de zhǔ yào yuán liào shì guī shí.
    The main raw material for glass is silica.
  • 硅石。
    Gōng rén men cóng kuàng lǐ kāi cǎi guī shí.
    The workers mine silica from the quarry.

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.

硅guīsilicon
石shístone

硅 names silicon and 石 means stone, together naming silica.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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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