卵石

luǎnshí
noun #36,270

Measure Word

卵石 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 pebble
  2. 2 cobblestone
  3. 3 rounded stone (smoothed by water)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Hétān shàng pū mǎn le dàdàxiǎoxiǎo de luǎnshí.
The riverbank was covered in pebbles of all sizes.
HSK 7-9
Zhè tiáo xiǎolù shì yòng luǎnshí pū chéng de.
This little path is paved with cobblestones.

Tips

memory
('egg') + ('stone') = 'egg-stone', pebbles smoothed and rounded by water until they look like eggs. The image is exact: that's literally how Chinese describes the shape.
usage
Distinguish from 鹅卵石 ('goose-egg stone'), the larger, more recognizably egg-shaped river stones used for paving traditional courtyards and footpath massage trails 健身步道.

Stroke Order

luǎn
shí