石桥

石橋

shíqiáo

noun #33,637

Measure Word

一座石桥 zuò

Meanings

1 stone bridge
2 (proper noun) Ishibashi, common Japanese surname/place name

Characters

Examples

村口有一座古老的石桥。

Cūnkǒu yǒu yí zuò gǔlǎo de shíqiáo.

There is an ancient stone bridge at the entrance of the village.

赵州石桥是中国最古老的石拱桥之一。

Zhàozhōu shíqiáo shì Zhōngguó zuì gǔlǎo de shígǒngqiáo zhī yī.

The Zhaozhou Stone Bridge is one of the oldest stone arch bridges in China.

Tips

culture

China's most famous 石桥 is 赵州桥 (Zhaozhou Bridge) in Hebei, built around 605 CE by engineer 李春 — the world's oldest open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge, still standing after 1400 years. "石桥" also appears as the Japanese surname Ishibashi (e.g. founder of Bridgestone Tires).

memory

Bridgestone Tires (普利司通) is literally a translation of founder 石桥正二郎's surname: 石 = stone, 桥 = bridge → "Bridge-Stone".

Stroke Order

石 shí

桥 qiáo