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煤

méi

HSK 5 Character Measure word 块

What 煤 means

1. coal

Example sentences

• 没煤了。
  We've run out of coal.
• 煤气没了。
  We ran out of gas.
• 把煤气关了！
  Bǎ méiqì guān le!
  Turn off the gas.
• 褐煤是一种化石燃料。
  Hèméi shì yīzhǒng huàshíránliào.
  Lignite is a fossil fuel.
• 我该在哪儿付煤气费？
  Where do I pay for the gas?
• 煤并不一定都是黑的。
  Coal is not always black.

Words starting with 煤

• 煤炭méi tàncoal
• 煤矿méi kuàngcoal mine; coal seam
• 煤气méi qìcoal gas; gas (fuel)
• 煤油méi yóukerosene
• 煤球méi qiúcharcoal briquette
• 煤层méi cénga coal bed; a coal seam
• 煤灰méi huīsoot
• 煤炉méi lúcoal stove
• 煤田méi tiána coalfield
• 煤砖méi zhuānbriquette
• 煤箱méi xiāngcoal box
• 煤储量méi chǔ liàngcoal reserves
• 煤层气méi céng qìcoalbed methane
• 煤焦油méi jiāo yóucoal tar
• 煤制气méi zhì qìcoal gasification
• 煤制油méi zhì yóucoal liquefaction
• 煤山雀méi shān què(bird species of China) coal tit (Periparus ater)
• 煤渣méi zhāslack
• 煤屑méi xiècoal dust; coal slack
• 煤矸石méi gān shí(mining) coal gangue

Words containing 煤

• 蜂窝煤fēng wō méihexagonal household coal briquette
• 原煤yuán méiraw coal
• 块煤kuài méilump coal
• 采煤cǎi méicoal mining; coal extraction; coal cutting
• 末煤mò méislack coal (final poor quality coal)
• 气煤qì méigas coal
• 泥煤ní méipeat
• 燃煤rán méicoal fuel
• 烧煤shāo méito burn coal
• 白煤bái méianthracite; hard coal; white coal
• 脏煤zāng méidirty coal; muck (from a colliery)
• 黑煤hēi méiblack coal
• 有烟煤yǒu yān méismokey coal
• 无烟煤wú yān méianthracite
• 纸煤儿zhǐ méi rpaper taper used to light cigarette etc
• 黑煤玉hēi méi yùjet
• 采煤工作面cǎi méi gōng zuò miàn(mining) coalface
• 燃煤锅炉rán méi guō lúcoal burning boiler
• 褐煤hè méilignite; brown coal
• 攉煤机huō méi jīcoal-shovel machine
• 元煤yuán méivariant of 原煤

Characters that look like 煤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 媒méimedium; intermediary; matchmaker
• 膜mómembrane; film
• 牒dié(official) document; dispatch
• 煜yùbrilliant; glorious
• 瑛yīng(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 搽cháto apply (ointment, powder); to smear; to paint on

Sounds the same

Read méi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 没(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 媒medium; intermediary; matchmaker
• 眉eyebrow; upper margin
• 霉mold; mildew; to become moldy
• 枚classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 梅plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 玫(fine jade); used in 玫瑰
• 莓(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 酶enzyme; ferment
• 湄(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 楣lintel; crossbeam
• 糜millet