沸石

Chinese

		boil	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (沸石)		沸	石

Etymology

Calque of Swedish zeolit, and its source, New Latin zeolites, from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, bubble”) + Ancient Greek λιθος (lithos, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèishí

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ sek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèishí
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèishíh
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-shih²
    • Yale: fèi-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyshyr
    • Palladius: фэйши (fɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ sek⁶
    • Yale: fai sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ sɛːk̚²/

Noun

沸石

1. (mineralogy) zeolite