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煤炭

méi tàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

煤炭 (méi tàn) means "coal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 煤炭 means

1. coal

The characters in 煤炭

• 煤méicoal
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal

Example sentences

• 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.
• 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.

Where 煤炭 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Industry, Manufacturing & Infrastructure (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read méi tàn correctly.
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