| 紫石英号 |
Zǐ shí yīng Hào |
HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette fired on by PLA forces on the Yangtze River in 1949, triggering the Amethyst Incident |
| 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 |
(bound form) to wail; to howl |
| 号 |
hào |
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号, 年号, 辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items |