# 化石 (huàshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 化石 (huàshí) means “fossil”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: fossil
- Pinyin: huàshí (hua4 shi2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们在博物馆看到了恐龙化石。
  Wǒmen zài bówùguǎn kàndàole kǒnglóng huàshí.
  We saw dinosaur fossils at the museum.

## Characters

- [化](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-melt/) (huà): to melt; to change into
- 石 (shí): rock; stone

https://hanziro.com/word/hua-shi-fossil/

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