shí ruǐ shì zhǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(chemistry) litmus paper
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Original source entry:

石蕊試紙 石蕊试纸 [shi2 rui3 shi4 zhi3] /(chemistry) litmus paper/

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Other forms in these source records: 石蕊試紙

  • 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

  • 蕊
    ruǐ

    stamen / pistil

  • 试
    shì

    to test / to try / experiment / examination / test

  • 纸
    zhǐ

    paper (CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]) / classifier for documents, letters etc

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