铁矿石

鐵礦石

tiěkuàngshí

noun #86,832

Meanings

HSK 5

中国每年从澳大利亚和巴西进口大量铁矿石。

Zhōngguó měi nián cóng Àodàlìyà hé Bāxī jìnkǒu dàliàng tiěkuàngshí.

Every year China imports large amounts of iron ore from Australia and Brazil.

HSK 7-9

铁矿石是炼钢的主要原料。

Tiěkuàngshí shì liàngāng de zhǔyào yuánliào.

Iron ore is the main raw material for making steel.

usage

铁矿 can mean the ore or the mine; 铁矿石 is only the ore, the word used in trade and price reports. 矿石 is ore in general.

铁 tiě

矿 kuàng

石 shí