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燃

rán

HSK 5 Character

What 燃 means

1. to burn
2. to ignite
3. to light
4. fig. to spark off (hopes)
5. to start (debate)
6. to raise (hopes)

Example sentences

• 纸易燃。
  Paper burns easily.
• 燃料短缺。
  Ránliào duǎnquē.
  There was a shortage of fuel.
• 木材可燃。
  Wood burns.
• 把蜡烛点燃。
  Bǎ làzhú diǎnrán.
  Light the candle.
• 那是可燃的。
  Nàshi kěrán de.
  That's flammable.
• 燃油表坏了。
  Rányóu biǎo huàile.
  The fuel gauge is broken.

Words starting with 燃

• 燃烧rán shāoto ignite; to combust; to burn
• 燃料rán liàofuel
• 燃油rán yóufuel oil
• 燃起rán qǐto ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
• 燃气rán qìfuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)
• 燃放rán fàngto light; to set off (firecrackers etc)
• 燃眉之急rán méi zhī jílit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency
• 燃爆rán bàoto cause to explode; to fire; to set off
• 燃香rán xiāngto burn incense
• 燃点rán diǎnto ignite; to set fire to; to light; (chemistry) ignition point; combustion point
• 燃料油rán liào yóufuel oil
• 燃油车rán yóu chēfuel-powered car; internal-combustion vehicle
• 燃素说rán sù shuōphlogiston theory
• 燃料电池rán liào diàn chífuel cell
• 燃气轮机rán qì lún jīgas turbine
• 燃气电厂rán qì diàn chǎnggas fired power station
• 燃灯佛Rán dēng fóDipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights
• 燃烧剂rán shāo jìincendiary agent
• 燃烧弹rán shāo dànfire bomb; incendiary device
• 燃料循环rán liào xún huánfuel cycle
• 燃耗rán hàofuel consumption
• 燃烧瓶rán shāo píngMolotov cocktail
• 燃脂rán zhīto burn fat
• 燃烧匙rán shāo chídeflagrating spoon; combustion spoon

Words containing 燃

• 点燃diǎn ránto ignite; to set on fire; aflame
• 可燃kě ráninflammable
• 内燃nèi rán(attributive) internal combustion
• 引燃yǐn ránto ignite; to start (a fire); (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc)
• 爆燃bào ránto deflagrate
• 自燃zì ránspontaneous combustion
• 阻燃zǔ ránfire resistant
• 隐燃yǐn ránburning with no flame; fire beneath the surface; hidden combustion
• 乏燃料fá rán liào(nuclear energy) spent fuel
• 内燃机nèi rán jīinternal combustion engine
• 可燃冰kě rán bīngclathrate hydrates
• 可燃性kě rán xìngflammable; flammability
• 易燃物yì rán wùflammable substance
• 核燃料hé rán liàonuclear fuel
• 内燃机车nèi rán jī chēdiesel locomotive
• 再生燃料zài shēng rán liàorenewable fuel
• 化石燃料huà shí rán liàofossil fuel
• 易燃物品yì rán wù pǐnflammable articles
• 替代燃料tì dài rán liàoalternative fuel
• 生物燃料shēng wù rán liàobiofuel
• 核燃料后处理hé rán liào hòu chǔ lǐnuclear fuel reprocessing
• 乏燃料棒fá rán liào bàng(nuclear energy) spent fuel rods
• 矿物燃料kuàng wù rán liàofossil fuels; oil and coal
• 阴燃yīn ránto burn without flame; to smolder

Characters that look like 燃

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

• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 潮cháotide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy
• 蹈dǎoto tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 懋màoto be hardworking; luxuriant; splendid
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 槲húMongolian oak (Quercus dentata); see also 槲树

Sounds the same

Read rán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 然correct; right; so
• 髯beard; whiskers
• 蚺boa
• 蛅a caterpillar
• 肰dog meat; old variant of 然
• 嘫old variant of 然
• 蚦variant of 蚺