Similar words
guijarro
china and guijarro are close synonyms for "pebble"; china is perhaps smaller and rounder.
Similar in other languages
German
Kiesel
Kiesel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "pebble."
Portuguese
seixo
seixo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pebble."
Practice
1 What does china mean?
pebble
2 Fill the gap: Me entró una ___ en el zapato.
Full sentence: Me entró una china en el zapato. (A pebble got in my shoe.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches china?
china: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.