| 紫石英号 |
Zǐ shí yīng Hào |
HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette involved in a 1949 gunfight with the PLA on the Changjiang |
| 紫 |
zǐ |
purple / violet |
| 紫石英 |
zǐ shí yīng |
amethyst |
| 石 |
Shí |
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家庄, the capital of Hebei |
| 石 |
dàn |
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] |
| 石 |
shí |
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 石英 |
shí yīng |
quartz |
| 英 |
Yīng |
United Kingdom / British / England / English / abbr. for 英国 |
| 英 |
yīng |
hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom |
| 号 |
háo |
roar / cry / CL:个 |
| 号 |
hào |
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people |