| 石头 | shí tou | stone / CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
| 宝石 | bǎo shí | precious stone; gem / CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1] |
| 珠宝 | zhū bǎo | pearls / jewels / precious stones |
| 碑 | bēi | a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4] |
| 阶梯 | jiē tī | flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of |
| 核 | hé | pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify |
| 铺路 | pū lù | to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success |
| 一成不变 | yī chéng bù biàn | (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone |
| 以卵击石 | yǐ luǎn jī shí | lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself |
| 洗石子 | xǐ shí zi | (Tw) pebble-wash finish; exposed aggregate surface (construction technique using cement mixed with small stones, then washed to expose the pebbles) |
| 玉石 | yù shí | jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad |
| 珋 | liǔ | (literary) lustrous precious stone |
| 石鼓文 | shí gǔ wén | early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4] |
| 刻刀 | kè dāo | engraving knife; carving knife (for wood, stone etc) |
| 石 | shí | rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
| 云梯 | yún tī | (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain |
| 石块 | shí kuài | stone / rock |
| 打水漂 | dǎ shuǐ piāo | to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment |
| 石像 | shí xiàng | stone statue |
| 敖包 | áo bāo | (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits |
| 珉 | mín | alabaster, jade-like stone |
| 瑛 | yīng | (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade |
| 塑像 | sù xiàng | to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process |
| 砌 | qì | to build by laying bricks or stones |
| 祏 | shí | stone shrine |