Fossil in Chinese (Mandarin): 化石 (huàshí)
化石
huàshí
fossil
- Simplified
- 化石
- Traditional
- 化石
- Pinyin
- huàshí
- Typed as
- huashi
Use it in a sentence
博物馆里有恐龙化石。
博物館裡有恐龍化石。
There are dinosaur fossils in the museum.
The characters in 化石
化
To change, to turn into.
4 strokes
石
Stone.
5 strokes
化石 is something "turned into stone". Fossils of dinosaur bones and eggs have been found all over China.
More examples with 化石
我们找到了一块化石。
我們找到了一塊化石。
Wǒmen zhǎo dào le yí kuài huàshí.
We found a fossil.
这是恐龙蛋化石。
這是恐龍蛋化石。
Zhè shì kǒnglóng dàn huàshí.
This is a fossilized dinosaur egg.
How to write 化石 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
化 4 strokes
石 5 strokes
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