Definition & Meaning

ore; mineral; rock that contains useful and exploitable minerals

Word usage

Words with kuang shi

kuàng shí

矿 石

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n.ore; mineral; rock that contains useful and exploitable minerals
- kuàng shí biāo běn
  矿石标本
  ore specimen
- kuàng shí kāi cǎi
  矿石开采
  ore extraction
- fù nǚ hé hái zi bǎ kuàng shí cóng yán shí zhōng fēn jiǎn chū lái le
  妇女和孩子把矿石从岩石中分拣出来了。
  Women and children sorted the ore from the rock.

Word usage

common measure word
"矿石" is often matched with measure word "块"or"堆"or"吨".
- 一块矿石
  one piece of ore
- 一堆矿石
  one pile of ore
- 一吨矿石
  one ton of ore

Chinese words with pinyin kuang shi

kuàng shì旷世unequalled in one's time; for a long period of time

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