# 岩石 (yánshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 岩石 (yánshí) means “rock (geology)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: rock (geology)
- Pinyin: yánshí (yan2 shi2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 经过数百年的风吹雨打，岩石逐渐风化了。
  Jīngguò shùbǎi nián de fēngchuīyǔdǎ, yánshí zhújiàn fēnghuà le.
  Over centuries of wind and rain, the rocks gradually wore away.

## Characters

- 岩 (yán): cliff; rock
- 石 (shí): rock; stone

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-shi-rock/

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