砂石

Chinese

		sand; gravel; granule	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (砂石)		砂	石
alternative forms		沙石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ sek⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ-sa̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soa-chio̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sua¹ ziêh⁸ / sua¹ zioh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shashíh
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-shih²
    • Yale: shā-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashyr
    • Palladius: шаши (šaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ sek⁶
    • Yale: sā sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ-sa̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa´ sag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa¹ sag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴⁻¹¹ sak̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-chio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sua-tsio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soacioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³ t͡sioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sua¹ ziêh⁸ / sua¹ zioh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sua tsie̍h / sua tsio̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sua³³⁻²³ t͡sieʔ⁴/, /sua³³⁻²³ t͡sioʔ⁴/

Note:

• sua1 ziêh8 - Chaozhou;
• sua1 zioh8 - Shantou.

Noun

砂石

1. sand and gravel
2. (figuratively) impurities in a creative work