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炭
tàn
What 炭 means
- wood charcoal
- coal
Example sentences
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他的援助真是雪中送炭。His help has been invaluable.
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澳大利亚是世界第五大煤炭产地。àodàlìyà shì shìjiè dìwǔ dà méitàn chǎndì.Australia is the world's fifth-largest coal producer.
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雷吉娜安扬戈是奈洛比一家小吃摊的老板，她用乙醇燃料为顾客准备餐点。她的厨房没有木炭产生的烟雾与废气。Regina Anyango, owner of small food kiosk in Nairobi, uses ethanol fuel to prepare meals for customers. Her kitchen is free of fumes and smoke from charcoal use.
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人们很容易将能源和电力小组委员会的大多数成员描述为笨蛋。他们散布石油和煤炭公司炮制的虚假信息，以最大限度地减少全球气候变迁的重要性，被称为科学文盲。One can easily characterize a majority of the energy and power subcommittee members as nincompoops — scientific illiterates who spread misinformation crafted by oil and coal companies in order to minimize the significance of global climate change.
Words starting with 炭
- 炭疽tàn jū(medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
- 炭焙tàn bèicharcoal-roasted
- 炭疽热tàn jū rèanthrax
- 炭疽病tàn jū bìng(medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
- 炭疽杆菌tàn jū gǎn jūnanthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis)
- 炭墼tàn jīcoal briquette
Words containing 炭
- 煤炭méi tàncoal
- 木炭mù tàncharcoal
- 雪中送炭xuě zhōng sòng tànlit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
- 涂炭tú tànextreme distress; in utter misery
- 泥炭ní tànpeat
- 火炭huǒ tànlive coal; ember; burning coals
- 焦炭jiāo tàncoke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
- 烧炭shāo tànto manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal…
- 石炭shí tàncoal (old)
- 艾炭ài tàncarbonized mugwort leaf (TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
- 骨炭gǔ tànbone black; animal charcoal
- 黑炭hēi tàncoal; charcoal; (of skin) darkly pigmented
- 活性炭huó xìng tànactivated carbon
- 无烟炭wú yān tànsmokeless coal
- 石炭井Shí tàn jǐngShitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口区
- 石炭系shí tàn xìcarboniferous system; coal measure (geology)
- 石炭纪Shí tàn jìCarboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
- 石炭酸shí tàn suānphenol C6H5OH; same as 苯酚
- 艾叶炭ài yè tàncarbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
- 卖炭翁Mài Tàn WēngThe Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
- 生灵涂炭shēng líng tú tànpeople are in a terrible situation (idiom)
- 石炭井区Shí tàn jǐng qūShitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口区
- 冰炭不相容bīng tàn bù xiāng róngas incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals
- 泥炭藓ní tàn xiǎnmatted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
Characters built on 山
These share the phonetic component 山 (shān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
- 岩yáncliff; rock
- 灿cànglorious; bright; brilliant
- 崭zhǎntowering; prominent; very
- 汕shànbamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
- 岚lán(bound form) mountain mist
- 讪shànto mock; to ridicule; to slander
- 疝shànhernia
Characters that look like 炭
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
- 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
- 毙bìto die; to shoot dead; to reject
- 屄bīcunt (vulgar)
- 宸chénimperial apartments
- 衮gǔnimperial robe
Sounds the same
Read tàn, tone for tone, but written differently.
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