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狮头石竹

shī tóu shí zhúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-2178045a5d578344. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

獅頭石竹 狮头石竹 [shi1 tou2 shi2 zhu2] /grenadine/carnation/clove pink/Dianthus caryophyllus (botany)/

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Other forms in these source records: 獅頭石竹

  • 狮
    shī

    (bound form) lion

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 石
    dàn

    dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shí]

    shí

    rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā yīn]

    Shí

    surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], the capital of Hebei

  • 竹
    zhú

    (bound form) bamboo / Kangxi radical 118

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.