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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
hui1 yan2	fui1 ngaam4	fui1 ngaam4	limestone

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
灰 Learn more	hui1	fui1	fui1	ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected
岩 Learn more	yan2	ngaam4	ngaam4	cliff / rock
岩 Learn more	yan2	ngaam4	ngaam4	variant of 岩[yan2]

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Simplified	Pinyin	Used for
块	kuai4	chunks, lumps, pieces; units of 100 cents (colloquial)

Limestone is often used in building construction.

The local limestone is very porous.

The mud is interrupted by numerous thin beds of limestone.

The answer is the same if the limestone overlays the sandstone.

The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty.

The limestone, sandstone and shale of this area were soft.

A thin, resistant limestone escarpment is present just basinward.

The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave.

Calcareous sediments accumulated on a sea floor and eventually were compacted and cemented to form limestone.

This recording was taken on weathered outcropping limestone with a relatively short AB ( 40 m ).

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on